The Poetical Works of William Cowper ...Little, Brown, 1853 |
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Strana xxv
... wishes attend Mr. Cowper , and all that inquire after me . May God be with you to bless you , and do you good by all his dis- pensations ; don't forget me when you are speak- ing to our best Friend before his mercy seat . " Yours ever ...
... wishes attend Mr. Cowper , and all that inquire after me . May God be with you to bless you , and do you good by all his dis- pensations ; don't forget me when you are speak- ing to our best Friend before his mercy seat . " Yours ever ...
Strana xl
... wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation itself would be welcome to me , so it were not a vicious one ; but however earnestly invited , it is coy , and keeps at a distance . Yet with all this distressing gloom upon my mind , I ...
... wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation itself would be welcome to me , so it were not a vicious one ; but however earnestly invited , it is coy , and keeps at a distance . Yet with all this distressing gloom upon my mind , I ...
Strana xliii
... wish you always to read me with the closest attention and to give my lines as strict a scrutiny as you can find time for : some things always escape a writer , which yet strike a judicious reader perhaps at the first view ; and while ...
... wish you always to read me with the closest attention and to give my lines as strict a scrutiny as you can find time for : some things always escape a writer , which yet strike a judicious reader perhaps at the first view ; and while ...
Strana xlvii
... Much good may they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
... Much good may they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
Strana xlix
... wish to stand upon . " Indications of the presence of his malady are sometimes perceptible even in the most cheerful of his letters , and the conclusion of one , on miscellaneous subjects , to Mr. Newton , in Fe- bruary , 1783 , is in ...
... wish to stand upon . " Indications of the presence of his malady are sometimes perceptible even in the most cheerful of his letters , and the conclusion of one , on miscellaneous subjects , to Mr. Newton , in Fe- bruary , 1783 , is in ...
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Strana 254 - Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before.
Strana 246 - 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.
Strana 257 - twas the self-same Power divine, ' Taught you to sing, and me to shine ; ' That you with music, I with light, ' Might beautify and cheer the night.
Strana 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Strana xix - ... till eleven, we read either the Scripture, or the sermons of some faithful preacher of those holy mysteries ; at eleven we attend divine service, which is performed here twice every day ; and from twelve to three we separate and amuse ourselves as we please. During that interval I either read in my own apartment, or walk, or ride, or work in the garden. We seldom sit an hour after dinner, but if the weather permits adjourn to the garden, where with Mrs. Unwin and her son I have generally the...
Strana 181 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of- fancy, and a dream of woes; Man is a harp, whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony disposed aright; The screws reversed (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.
Strana xix - I hope, are the best and most musical performers. After tea we sally forth to walk in good earnest. Mrs Unwin is a good walker, and we have generally travelled about four miles before we see home again.
Strana 248 - For saddle-tree scarce reached had he, His journey to begin, When, turning round his head, he saw Three customers come in. So down he came; for loss of time, Although it grieved him sore, Yet loss of pence, full well he knew, Would trouble him much more.
Strana 246 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London Town.
Strana lxxxvii - YE, who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents, dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion's Bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England exulting in his spotless fame, Ranks with her dearest sons his...