The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page vii
... scenes of plenty , or the pining waste , Shall be my chosen theme , my glory to the last . ” At ten years of age he was sent to Westminster School . His residence there , on the whole , was a pleasurable passage in his history , and ...
... scenes of plenty , or the pining waste , Shall be my chosen theme , my glory to the last . ” At ten years of age he was sent to Westminster School . His residence there , on the whole , was a pleasurable passage in his history , and ...
Page ix
... scene , where the last drops of it were in danger of being scorched up . He became a lawyer , and was articled for three years to a Mr Chapman , at whose house , too , he lived . How drearily this period must have passed away ! Yet we ...
... scene , where the last drops of it were in danger of being scorched up . He became a lawyer , and was articled for three years to a Mr Chapman , at whose house , too , he lived . How drearily this period must have passed away ! Yet we ...
Page xi
... scene , and went down to visit some of his friends at Southampton . Soon after his arrival , at a place called Freemantle , about a mile from the town , in a clear and calm morning , the sun shining on the sea , and on the beautiful ...
... scene , and went down to visit some of his friends at Southampton . Soon after his arrival , at a place called Freemantle , about a mile from the town , in a clear and calm morning , the sun shining on the sea , and on the beautiful ...
Page 11
... scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
... scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
Page 14
... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , 417 430 440 450 Are but his rods to scourge a guilty ...
... scene . All are his instruments ; each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar ; Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , 417 430 440 450 Are but his rods to scourge a guilty ...
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