The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1905 - 741 pages |
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... half- conscious poet . For many years before the production of his greatest work , he possessed no library , and read no poetry . What can be more unlike the deliberate self - dedication of Virgil , or Milton , or Tennyson ? His ...
... half- conscious poet . For many years before the production of his greatest work , he possessed no library , and read no poetry . What can be more unlike the deliberate self - dedication of Virgil , or Milton , or Tennyson ? His ...
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... half , from August , 1791 , to June , 1794. I have seen the originals of all but two or three of the seventy - three Mr. Wright has printed , and his text appears to be generally , though not invariably , accurate . How far the ...
... half , from August , 1791 , to June , 1794. I have seen the originals of all but two or three of the seventy - three Mr. Wright has printed , and his text appears to be generally , though not invariably , accurate . How far the ...
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... half of " Childe Harold " took England by storm in 1812 ; in 1818 Keats published " Endymion , " and in 1819 Shelley published the " Prometheus Unbound . " Never , perhaps , in our literary history have forty years seen so great a ...
... half of " Childe Harold " took England by storm in 1812 ; in 1818 Keats published " Endymion , " and in 1819 Shelley published the " Prometheus Unbound . " Never , perhaps , in our literary history have forty years seen so great a ...
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... half of the piece , the hint of the manner seen afterwards in the weaker places of the " Task , " that of a Milton come down from the heights , and not quite sure whether he has taken the tragic buskin off or not ; there is the peculiar ...
... half of the piece , the hint of the manner seen afterwards in the weaker places of the " Task , " that of a Milton come down from the heights , and not quite sure whether he has taken the tragic buskin off or not ; there is the peculiar ...
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... Half hidden from the eye is only the work of a more concentrated imagination . One may note also that in one of the translations from Vincent Bourne , that of " The Cricket , " there is a stanza which good judges might take for ...
... Half hidden from the eye is only the work of a more concentrated imagination . One may note also that in one of the translations from Vincent Bourne , that of " The Cricket , " there is a stanza which good judges might take for ...
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admire beauty beneath Benham boast Bodham Bull charms Child & Co DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream earth edition eyes fair fame fancy fear feel George Romney give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley Hayley's heart heaven Hill Homer honour hope John Fenn John Gilpin John Johnson JOHN THROCKMORTON Joseph Hill labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letter lines live Lord Madame Guyon mind Muse nature never Newton night numbers o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace pleasure poem poet poet's poetic portrait praise printed prove rest scene scorn seems shade shine skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stanza sweet Task thee theme thine things thou art thought translations truth Unwin Vaughan Johnson verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish youth
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Page 42 - His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err,* And scan his work in vain : God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
Page 31 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 252 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 229 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 340 - Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak...
Page 308 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. " To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise and pair. " My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 297 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, * Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !* The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Page 211 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Page 188 - Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
Page 235 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much...