...well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For ray sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! For, though thou gladly...

...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, — " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, : Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary," contain a simple, household, " indoor" artificial, and ordinary...

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...is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last, My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow ; I see thee daily...store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for...

...well nigh past, Since first our sky .was overcast ; Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for...

...is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast; Ah, would that this might be the last, My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow ; I see thee daily...store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for...

...the word " my?" says Mr. Godwin. You remember Cowper's poem to Mrs. Unwin in the decline of life: " Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary." And he goes on with words and pronouns, ending as he supposes each stanza in the most emphatic manner,...

...overcast, Ah would that this might be the last ! My Mary ' Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twas my distress that brought thee...no more, My Mary ' For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary ! But well thou...

...well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more ; My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for...

...that this might be the last, Thy spirits have a fainter glow; I see thee daily weaker grow; My Mary! 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary!...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore; Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for...