The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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... side of the law pre- paratory to keeping his terms . Thurlow , the future Lord Chancellor , was his fellow - clerk . The two young men spent much of their leisure at the house of Cowper's uncle , Ashley Cowper , " giggling and making ...
... side of the law pre- paratory to keeping his terms . Thurlow , the future Lord Chancellor , was his fellow - clerk . The two young men spent much of their leisure at the house of Cowper's uncle , Ashley Cowper , " giggling and making ...
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... side . Cowper points out that cruelty to animals was unknown before the Fall ; since that period , however , man has not hesitated to persecute animals to make him sport , or to gratify his angry passions or his gluttony , or to save ...
... side . Cowper points out that cruelty to animals was unknown before the Fall ; since that period , however , man has not hesitated to persecute animals to make him sport , or to gratify his angry passions or his gluttony , or to save ...
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... sides of poverty , he recognised the common brotherhood of men and the need for improvement in the lives and circum- stances of the lowest classes of society . a truer painter of his poorer brethren . Crabbe and Cowper failed to discern ...
... sides of poverty , he recognised the common brotherhood of men and the need for improvement in the lives and circum- stances of the lowest classes of society . a truer painter of his poorer brethren . Crabbe and Cowper failed to discern ...
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... side by side with the morbid conditions that finally plunged Cowper's mind in darkness there should exist a vein of humour and playfulness almost unique in our literature , is one of those psychological phe- nomena for which it is ...
... side by side with the morbid conditions that finally plunged Cowper's mind in darkness there should exist a vein of humour and playfulness almost unique in our literature , is one of those psychological phe- nomena for which it is ...
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... side of him is well illustrated in his letters . The spontaneity of their humour is so unmistakable that it has been said of him that he was born a letter- writer and made a poet . No study of Cowper , the man and poet , can be complete ...
... side of him is well illustrated in his letters . The spontaneity of their humour is so unmistakable that it has been said of him that he was born a letter- writer and made a poet . No study of Cowper , the man and poet , can be complete ...
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Page 252 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 166 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 80 - 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 175 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Page 194 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 176 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Page 271 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Page 166 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Page 193 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 167 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...