The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783Fraser & Company, 1835 |
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... engaged , rather because I was desirous to gratify a most indulgent father , than because had any hope of success in it myself . I spent twelve years in the Temple , where I made no progress in that science , to cultivate which I was ...
... engaged , rather because I was desirous to gratify a most indulgent father , than because had any hope of success in it myself . I spent twelve years in the Temple , where I made no progress in that science , to cultivate which I was ...
Strana 115
... engaged himself , as we were coming out of church after morning prayers , to drink tea with me that afternoon . To my inexpressible joy I found him one whose notions of religion were spiritual and lively - whom the Lord had been ...
... engaged himself , as we were coming out of church after morning prayers , to drink tea with me that afternoon . To my inexpressible joy I found him one whose notions of religion were spiritual and lively - whom the Lord had been ...
Strana 118
... engaged in writing those beautiful letters which form the first part of the present collection , Cowper passed nearly two years , without any material occurrence dis- turbing his own , or the quiet of the circle to which he now so ...
... engaged in writing those beautiful letters which form the first part of the present collection , Cowper passed nearly two years , without any material occurrence dis- turbing his own , or the quiet of the circle to which he now so ...
Strana 119
... engaged , they accordingly took possession of their new abode in the autumn of the same year , 1767 . With his removal to Olney , another era , in some measure , opens in the life of Cowper ; former relations with the family in which he ...
... engaged , they accordingly took possession of their new abode in the autumn of the same year , 1767 . With his removal to Olney , another era , in some measure , opens in the life of Cowper ; former relations with the family in which he ...
Strana 126
... engaged him to remedy this by strains which should come closer to the human breast , its affections and its struggles . The matter was arranged by a mutual agreement to contribute to a volume , and from first to last Cowper furnished ...
... engaged him to remedy this by strains which should come closer to the human breast , its affections and its struggles . The matter was arranged by a mutual agreement to contribute to a volume , and from first to last Cowper furnished ...
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acquaintance admire affection affectionate affliction afterwards agreeable amusement appears believe blessing character cheerful Christian circumstances comfort commencement Cowper dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death distress Dr Johnson duty Eartham East Dereham edition faith favour feelings friendship genius give grace happy Hayley Hayley's heart Heaven Homer honour hope Huntingdon Iliad JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL labours Lady Austen Lady Hesketh laudanum least letter literary live Lord Martin Madan melancholy mercy Milton mind morning Narrative nature never Newport Pagnell Newton occasion oculist Olney Olney Hymns pain pleased pleasure poems poet poet's praise prayer present Private Correspondence prove reason religion religious religious conversation remark render Scripture seems sensible shew sorrow spirit St Albans St Mary Woolnoth thee thing thou thought tion translation truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne Westminster Weston WILLIAM COWPER wish write youth
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Strana 5 - Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Strana 166 - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...
Strana 8 - May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child.
Strana 116 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Strana 87 - 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 263 - The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest...
Strana 133 - I have been reading Gray's works, and think him the only poet since Shakespeare entitled to the character of sublime. Perhaps you will remember that I once had a different opinion of him. I was prejudiced. He did not belong to our Thursday society, and was an Eton man, which lowered him prodigiously in our esteem. I once thought Swift's letters the best that could be written ; but I like Gray's better. His humour, or his wit, or whatever it is to be called, is never ill-natured or offensive, and...
Strana 30 - Ah, my dear God ! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.
Strana 23 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Strana 84 - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.