The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 1William P. Nimmo, 1869 - 428 pages |
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Page xxiv
... Hayley . This led to a correspondence be- tween the two - Hayley disclaiming all unhandsome feelings towards Cowper , and Cowper reciprocating civilities . The result was , that Hayley visited Cowper at Weston , and was visited by him ...
... Hayley . This led to a correspondence be- tween the two - Hayley disclaiming all unhandsome feelings towards Cowper , and Cowper reciprocating civilities . The result was , that Hayley visited Cowper at Weston , and was visited by him ...
Page xxv
... Hayley supplying an inscription . Words are wanting to describe the sense of relief with which we close this saddest , most mysterious narrative . The man were granite who could refrain from sympathy , amount- ing to bitter anguish ...
... Hayley supplying an inscription . Words are wanting to describe the sense of relief with which we close this saddest , most mysterious narrative . The man were granite who could refrain from sympathy , amount- ing to bitter anguish ...
Page 171
... Hayley's guest , and sat to thee ? October 1792 . EPITAPH ON MR CHESTER , OF CHICHELEY . TEARS flow , and cease not , where the good man lies , Till all who knew him follow to the skies . Tears therefore fall where Chester's ashes sleep ...
... Hayley's guest , and sat to thee ? October 1792 . EPITAPH ON MR CHESTER , OF CHICHELEY . TEARS flow , and cease not , where the good man lies , Till all who knew him follow to the skies . Tears therefore fall where Chester's ashes sleep ...
Page 176
... WILLIAM HAYLEY , ESQ . 1 DEAR architect of fine Chateaux in air , Worthier to stand for ever , if they could , Than any built of stone or yet of wood , For back of royal elephant to bear ! 2 0 for permission from the skies to share ...
... WILLIAM HAYLEY , ESQ . 1 DEAR architect of fine Chateaux in air , Worthier to stand for ever , if they could , Than any built of stone or yet of wood , For back of royal elephant to bear ! 2 0 for permission from the skies to share ...
Page 204
... Or haply never shed . 6 But Bob was neither rudely bold Nor spiritlessly tame ; Nor was , like theirs , his bosom cold , But always in a flame . March 1792 . SONNET , ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM HAYLEY , ESQ . HAYLEY 204 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
... Or haply never shed . 6 But Bob was neither rudely bold Nor spiritlessly tame ; Nor was , like theirs , his bosom cold , But always in a flame . March 1792 . SONNET , ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM HAYLEY , ESQ . HAYLEY 204 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS .
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