The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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Page vii
... 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 continued to smile back on him , like one select sunny spot ...
... 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 continued to smile back on him , like one select sunny spot ...
Page 1
... theme of poetry , 718 . A. You told me , I remember , glory , built On selfish principles , is shame and guilt ; The deeds that men admire as half divine , Stark naught , because corrupt in their design . Strange doctrine this ! that ...
... theme of poetry , 718 . A. You told me , I remember , glory , built On selfish principles , is shame and guilt ; The deeds that men admire as half divine , Stark naught , because corrupt in their design . Strange doctrine this ! that ...
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... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a siren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
... themes like these employ the poet's tongue , I hear as mute as if a siren sung . Or tell me , if you can , what power maintains A Briton's scorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets ...
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... theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; IIeroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest ...
... theme ; Genius is thine , and thou art Fancy's nurse , Lost without thee the ennobling powers of verse ; IIeroic song from thy free touch acquires Its clearest tone , the rapture it inspires : Place me where Winter breathes his keenest ...
Page 15
... The Muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . 451 460 470 480 If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender TABLE TALK . 15.
... The Muse imparts , and can command the lyre , Acts with a force , and kindles with a zeal , Whate'er the theme , that others never feel . 451 460 470 480 If human woes her soft attention claim , A tender TABLE TALK . 15.
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