Cowper. The didactic poems of 1782, with selections from the minor pieces (The task, wit Tirocinium and selections from the minor poems) ed. by H.T. Griffith, Zväzok 11874 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 26.
Strana ix
... sound . ' Like his own ' proud swan ' in ' Table Talk , ' he could be satisfied with nothing less than ' conquering the stream by force . ' Those readers who take but a superficial view of the story of Cowper's domestic life , are apt ...
... sound . ' Like his own ' proud swan ' in ' Table Talk , ' he could be satisfied with nothing less than ' conquering the stream by force . ' Those readers who take but a superficial view of the story of Cowper's domestic life , are apt ...
Strana xiv
... sound commonplace , we must allow also that a commonplace man would , for this very reaason , not have ventured to produce them . It is not an easy task to give such expression to sentiments trite and obvious in themselves , as shall ...
... sound commonplace , we must allow also that a commonplace man would , for this very reaason , not have ventured to produce them . It is not an easy task to give such expression to sentiments trite and obvious in themselves , as shall ...
Strana 25
... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , 515 I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper ... sounds will be , 530 But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him who rears a poem lank and long , To ...
... sound , And truth cut short to make a period round , 515 I judged a man of sense could scarce do worse , Than caper ... sounds will be , 530 But such mere quarter - strokes are not for me . From him who rears a poem lank and long , To ...
Strana 34
... sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , 80 Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; 85 ' Tis he , the ...
... sounds , though sweet and well combined , And lenient as soft opiates to the mind , 80 Leave Vice and Folly unsubdued behind . Grey dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; 85 ' Tis he , the ...
Strana 35
... sounds , ' Your Reverence , ' or ' Your Grace ? ' No. But his own engagement binds him fast , Or , if it does not , brands him to the last , What atheists call him , a designing knave , A mere church - juggler , hypocrite , and slave ...
... sounds , ' Your Reverence , ' or ' Your Grace ? ' No. But his own engagement binds him fast , Or , if it does not , brands him to the last , What atheists call him , a designing knave , A mere church - juggler , hypocrite , and slave ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
Časté výrazy a frázy
appears arms Book born cause charge charms close cloth College Cowper delight died divine dream earth Edition English eyes face fair fall fcap fear feel fire followed force give glory grace hand happiness head hear heart Heaven hope hour human John joys King land learned less light live look Lord lost mean meet mind Nature never night Notes once Oxford passed peace perhaps play pleasure poem poet praise pride prove rest scene scorn seems seen sense shine side skies smile soon soul sound speak stand sweet Task tell thee theme thine things thou thought thousand tongue true truth turn virtue waste writes written
Populárne pasáže
Strana 180 - 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? Oh tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Strana 230 - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
Strana 179 - 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. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, — I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Strana 10 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows, With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them." Then shifting his side (as a lawyer knows how), He pleaded again in behalf of the Eyes : But what were his arguments few people know, For the court did not think they were equally wise. So his lordship decreed, with a grave., solemn tone, Decisive and clear, without one if or but — " That, whenever the...
Strana 180 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Strana 213 - Coasting the Tyrrhene shore, as the winds listed, On Circe's island fell. (Who knows not Circe, The daughter of the Sun, whose charmed cup Whoever tasted lost his upright shape, And downward fell into a grovelling swine...
Strana xliv - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains, or wither'd by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies, And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage, and her myrtle bowers.
Strana 193 - Well done! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he? His fame soon spread around; He carries weight ! he rides a race ! 'Tis for a thousand pound...
Strana 192 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away.
Strana 58 - Toilsome and indigent) she renders much ; Just knows, and knows no more, her bible true, A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew, And in that charter reads, with sparkling eyes, Her title to a treasure in the skies.