The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2Routledge, 1854 - 630 pages |
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Page xxxv
... labours , a lady to whom every reader of taste must be for ever in- debted , came to visit her sister , in the ... labour at it . " The intimacy lasted between three and four years ; and perhaps it formed the brightest episode in a ...
... labours , a lady to whom every reader of taste must be for ever in- debted , came to visit her sister , in the ... labour at it . " The intimacy lasted between three and four years ; and perhaps it formed the brightest episode in a ...
Page xxxix
... the poems , viewed as wholes , are heavy and cold , while the inversions and transpositions are frequent and perplexing . The translator of the Iliad and Odyssey had hardly rested from his labours , when he was invited to. COWPER . xxxix.
... the poems , viewed as wholes , are heavy and cold , while the inversions and transpositions are frequent and perplexing . The translator of the Iliad and Odyssey had hardly rested from his labours , when he was invited to. COWPER . xxxix.
Page xl
William Cowper Robert Aris Willmott. rested from his labours , when he was invited to superin tend an edition of the only poet who might claim to be the companion of the Grecian . Cowper's veneration for Milton was profound ; but , like ...
William Cowper Robert Aris Willmott. rested from his labours , when he was invited to superin tend an edition of the only poet who might claim to be the companion of the Grecian . Cowper's veneration for Milton was profound ; but , like ...
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... labour . He did not take his pen from a line while there was the faintest hope of rendering it better ; completing his work slowly , with many backward and forward steps of the artist , to judge of the effect of distance , combination ...
... labour . He did not take his pen from a line while there was the faintest hope of rendering it better ; completing his work slowly , with many backward and forward steps of the artist , to judge of the effect of distance , combination ...
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... labours of the illustrious course Far other than the unaided force Of human vigour ask , To arm against repeated ill The patient heart , too brave to feel The tortures of despair ; Nor safer yet high - crested Pride , When wealth flows ...
... labours of the illustrious course Far other than the unaided force Of human vigour ask , To arm against repeated ill The patient heart , too brave to feel The tortures of despair ; Nor safer yet high - crested Pride , When wealth flows ...
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beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper delight design'd divine dread dream e'er earth ease ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flow'rs folly fool form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart heav'n heav'nly honour hope hour John Gilpin labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind Molière muse nature Nebaioth never night o'er once palæstra peace pleasure poet poet's pow'r praise pray'r pride proud prove red vengeance rest rude sacred sapience scene scorn seem'd shepherd's rod shine sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse vex'd Vincent Bourne virtue Voyages pointing waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth