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— John Milton

Say, Heavenly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein 15

Afford a present to the Infant God?

Hast thou no verse, no hymn, or solemn strain,

To welcome him to this his new abode,

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COWPER'S LATIN POEMS.

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William Cowper·1731–1800·Romanticism
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ontes Glaciales, in Oceano Germanico natantes 726 On the Ice Islands seen floating in the German Ocean 727 Monumental Inscription to William Northcot 727 Translation 727 In Seditionem Horrendam 727 Translation 727 Motto on a Clock, with Translation by Hayley 728 A Simile Latinised 728 On the Loss of the Royal George 728 In Submersionem Navigii, cui Georgius Regale Nomeninditum 728 In Brevitatem Vitæ Spatii Hominibus concessi 728 On the Shortness of Human Life 729 The Lily and the Rose 729 Idem Latine redditum 729 The Poplar Field 729 Idem Latine redditum 730 Votum 730 Translation of Prior's Chloe and Euphelia 730 Verses to the Memory of Dr. Lloyd 730 The same in Latin 730 Papers, by Cowper, inserted in "The Connoisseur" 731
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