Poems, by William Cowper, ...: To which is Prefixed, a Memoir of the Author, and Critical Remarks on His Poems, Not to be Found in Any Other EditionOliver and Boyd, 1818 - 480 strán (strany) |
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... night - mare returned with all its terrors , and he conceived that nothing but a continual round of amusement , and diver- sity of scene , could avert the certainty of a relapse into his former despondency . Yet a- midst all these ...
... night - mare returned with all its terrors , and he conceived that nothing but a continual round of amusement , and diver- sity of scene , could avert the certainty of a relapse into his former despondency . Yet a- midst all these ...
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... night we read and converse , as be- fore , till supper , and commonly finish the even- ing either with hymns or a sermon ; and , last of all , the family are called to prayers . " No one , it is presumed , will withhold the meed of ...
... night we read and converse , as be- fore , till supper , and commonly finish the even- ing either with hymns or a sermon ; and , last of all , the family are called to prayers . " No one , it is presumed , will withhold the meed of ...
Strana 27
... nights , in feeding upon a lovely prospect . ' And again , in renewing his correspondence with his cousin , Mrs Cowper , " You see me sixteen years older , at the least , than when I saw you last ; but the effects of time seem to have ...
... nights , in feeding upon a lovely prospect . ' And again , in renewing his correspondence with his cousin , Mrs Cowper , " You see me sixteen years older , at the least , than when I saw you last ; but the effects of time seem to have ...
Strana 30
... recollection of her story , had kept him waking during the greater part of the night , and that he had turned it into a ballad . To the same lady the world is indebted for the idea of the Task , the best and most popular 309 MEMOIR OF.
... recollection of her story , had kept him waking during the greater part of the night , and that he had turned it into a ballad . To the same lady the world is indebted for the idea of the Task , the best and most popular 309 MEMOIR OF.
Strana 39
... last original poem was the Cast - away , so feelingly descriptive of his awful state of mind that the insertion of it requires no apology : - Obscurest night involved the sky , The Atlantic billows roar'd C4 WILLIAM COWPER . 39.
... last original poem was the Cast - away , so feelingly descriptive of his awful state of mind that the insertion of it requires no apology : - Obscurest night involved the sky , The Atlantic billows roar'd C4 WILLIAM COWPER . 39.
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ancholy beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper dæmons death delight design'd divine dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel flow'rs folly form'd frown genius give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour human Iliad John Gilpin John Throckmorton labour land laudanum learn'd liberty light live lov'd lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night o'er Olney once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure poems poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove rapture rude sacred scene scorn seem'd shine skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth zeal