William CowperJohn Lehmann, 1951 - 167 pages |
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Page 67
... look on the Last Judgement with the detachment of a school visitor reading the term reports . To him the soul was the centre ; he was aware at every moment of the ' Stupen- dous height of heavenly love . " The very arrangement of the ...
... look on the Last Judgement with the detachment of a school visitor reading the term reports . To him the soul was the centre ; he was aware at every moment of the ' Stupen- dous height of heavenly love . " The very arrangement of the ...
Page 117
... look of the thing . He was , in a way , less a poet of the seasons than a poet of the weather , and his style has a similar surface quality . It was too often ejaculatory and awkward , so that you feel that the poetry is not conceived ...
... look of the thing . He was , in a way , less a poet of the seasons than a poet of the weather , and his style has a similar surface quality . It was too often ejaculatory and awkward , so that you feel that the poetry is not conceived ...
Page 154
... look about them , but they are always intended for an audience , even if it were no more than Mary , Harriet , Mrs. Throckmorton and Mrs. King . The best known of the occasional poems is John Gilpin , which was written before Cowper had ...
... look about them , but they are always intended for an audience , even if it were no more than Mary , Harriet , Mrs. Throckmorton and Mrs. King . The best known of the occasional poems is John Gilpin , which was written before Cowper had ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 7 |
TWO The Early Years | 15 |
THREE The Evangelical Revival | 26 |
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