...shall fall A victim sacred, to your dreary shrine. MARY. COWPEE. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah! would that this might be the last, Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow, 'Twas my distress that brought thee...

...bar of a cents; needle-fish, a sea-Si first appearance of the other. One rhomboidal bony scale of t Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no ' Mv*" NEEDLE. Needles make a very coo.''*7 article in commerce, though there is scam^commodity cheaper...

...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...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary, contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial, and ordinary image. I refer Mr. Bowles to the stanza,...

...even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot. TO MART. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast; — Ah, would that this might be the last ! My Mary I Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; — 'Twas my distress that brought...

...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...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary," contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial, and ordinary image ; I refer Mr. Bowles to the...

...sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow; I see thee daily weaker grow ; Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary 1 Thy needles once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore ; Now rust disused, and shine no...

...time, will show : TO MARY. ' The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; "Twas my distress that bronght thee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...

...will show : — TO MARY. " The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles...

...exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast ; Ah would that this...my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shino no more, My Mary! For though tliou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy...

...exhibit a specimen of verse more exquisitely tender. TO MARY. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd, and shine no more, My Mary ! 1'or, though thou gladly would'st fulfil The same kind office...