Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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Page 46
... Perhaps there have been too many anniversaries lately , perhaps the autumn of 1931 was an unfortunate period . At any rate , Cowper attracted little attention , as he himself would have expected ... For who reads Cowper today ? This is ...
... Perhaps there have been too many anniversaries lately , perhaps the autumn of 1931 was an unfortunate period . At any rate , Cowper attracted little attention , as he himself would have expected ... For who reads Cowper today ? This is ...
Page 295
... Perhaps enchanted with the love of fame , He sought the jewel in his neighbour's shame ; Perhaps whatever end he might pursue , The cause of virtue could not be his view . At ev'ry stroke wit flashes in our eyes , The turns are quick ...
... Perhaps enchanted with the love of fame , He sought the jewel in his neighbour's shame ; Perhaps whatever end he might pursue , The cause of virtue could not be his view . At ev'ry stroke wit flashes in our eyes , The turns are quick ...
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Poetry and Prose William Cowper Brian Spiller. eventually perhaps they prove but dreams , are to him realities . The world gaze at him , as he does at new phenomena in the heavens , and perhaps understand him as little . But this does ...
Poetry and Prose William Cowper Brian Spiller. eventually perhaps they prove but dreams , are to him realities . The world gaze at him , as he does at new phenomena in the heavens , and perhaps understand him as little . But this does ...
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