Poems, Volume 1Harper, 1859 |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 32
Page vii
... Christian poetry have combined to do honor , to attempt the illustration of his personal and literary his- tory through the medium of his own correspondence . Presumptuous indeed would it be , did we attempt to occupy the ground which ...
... Christian poetry have combined to do honor , to attempt the illustration of his personal and literary his- tory through the medium of his own correspondence . Presumptuous indeed would it be , did we attempt to occupy the ground which ...
Page xxvii
... Christian motives , of composing the ' Olney Hymns , " which , treating the subjects of Christian experience , and compelling him to retrace veteris vestigia flamma , lighted again the flame itself — to the ministerial exercises in ...
... Christian motives , of composing the ' Olney Hymns , " which , treating the subjects of Christian experience , and compelling him to retrace veteris vestigia flamma , lighted again the flame itself — to the ministerial exercises in ...
Page lxii
... Christian morals with the most attractive and animated poety . The lessons which the Poet reads are lessons of virtue , while the language in which he utters them is the language of the heart : and not only in the wayward impulses and ...
... Christian morals with the most attractive and animated poety . The lessons which the Poet reads are lessons of virtue , while the language in which he utters them is the language of the heart : and not only in the wayward impulses and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Alexander Selkirk beauty beneath Berkeley bids blank verse bless'd boast CALIFORNIA LIBRARY call'd charms Christian Cowper dark delight despair divine dread dream e'en earth English poetry eyes fancy fatal egg fear feel fire folly form'd frown give glory God's grace hand happy hast heart Heaven hope hour Iliad John Gilpin Lady Hesketh land learn'd light Lord lust mankind mercy mind Morocco muse nations hunt Nature never night o'er Olney Hymns once peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poetry praise pride prove sacred scene scorn seem'd shine sight skies slave smile song sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue truth Twas UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Unwin verse virtue waste Westminster School Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wisdom woes wrath youth zeal