Cowper: Poetry and ProseHart-Davis, 1968 - 1018 pages |
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... soon , too soon , Alas ! for his Friends , his Family and his Country , resign'd in Hope of a Blessed Immortality by depart- ing this Life December the 10th , 1727 ' . The highest honours were achieved by Spencer's brother , William ...
... soon , too soon , Alas ! for his Friends , his Family and his Country , resign'd in Hope of a Blessed Immortality by depart- ing this Life December the 10th , 1727 ' . The highest honours were achieved by Spencer's brother , William ...
Page 57
... soon wou'd I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heav'nly ...
... soon wou'd I taste you again ! My sorrows I then might assuage In the ways of religion and truth , Might learn from the wisdom of age , And be cheer'd by the sallies of youth . Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heav'nly ...
Page 312
... Soon after He that was our surety died , Two bosom - friends , 1 each pensively inclin❜d , The scene of all those sorrows left behind , Sought their own village , busied as they went , In musings worthy of the great event : They spake ...
... Soon after He that was our surety died , Two bosom - friends , 1 each pensively inclin❜d , The scene of all those sorrows left behind , Sought their own village , busied as they went , In musings worthy of the great event : They spake ...
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beneath bids blest boast call'd cause charms dæmons dear death delight divine dread dream earth ease edition ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fill'd flow'rs folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly hope hour INNER TEMPLE John John Gilpin John Newton John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL land learn'd letters light Lord lost mankind Martin Madan mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pleasure poems poet pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rest sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sight skies smile song soon soul sound sweet task taste TEXT thee theme thine thou art thought thousand toil tongue truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne virtue waste Westminster School Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER William Hayley wind wisdom youth