The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page viii
... light betraying his splendid secret , as it gleamed on the waters -- or asleep at noon in some cool retreat , with a broad oak , old almost as that of Yardley , shadowing his plain but pleasing features into an aspect like poetry ...
... light betraying his splendid secret , as it gleamed on the waters -- or asleep at noon in some cool retreat , with a broad oak , old almost as that of Yardley , shadowing his plain but pleasing features into an aspect like poetry ...
Page xx
... Burke's " Reflec- tions " then been written - the words of the orator- " Never did there light upon this orb , which she scarcely seemed to touch , a more delightful vision . " By a stretch of XX LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
... Burke's " Reflec- tions " then been written - the words of the orator- " Never did there light upon this orb , which she scarcely seemed to touch , a more delightful vision . " By a stretch of XX LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER .
Page xxiii
... light was hid in a dark - lantern - allud- ing to the Scottish dialect . It is pleasing to remember , that Burns reciprocated the feeling , and cried , in his frank , fire- blooded style , " What a glorious poem is Cowper's ' Task ...
... light was hid in a dark - lantern - allud- ing to the Scottish dialect . It is pleasing to remember , that Burns reciprocated the feeling , and cried , in his frank , fire- blooded style , " What a glorious poem is Cowper's ' Task ...
Page 18
... light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grasshopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread ...
... light . In less illustrious bards his beauty shone A meteor or a star ; in these , the sun . The nightingale may claim the topmost bough , While the poor grasshopper must chirp below . Like him unnoticed , I , and such as I , Spread ...
Page 25
... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine ! Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ; Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
... light pervades , The poisonous , black , insinuating worm Successfully conceals her loathsome form . Take , if ye can , ye careless and supine ! Counsel and caution from a voice like mine ; Truths , that the theorist could never reach ...
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