And, while the wings of fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic shew of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy power to sooth me left.
William Cowper
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture Out of Norfolk, concluding lines; Full poem read in Luminarium’s documented H.S.Milford1905 edition, pp395–396. Final four lines preserve portrait context and exact spellings shew and sooth. Public-domain text; picture is a likeness of his deceased mother.
- On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture Out of Norfolk, concluding lines
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