The Works of William Cowper, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... Looks forward to a third volume of poems His delight in the society of his friends • Page 400 • 401 ib . ib . 403 ib . 404 406 . 407 408 409 ib . 412 ib . . 413 414 416 ib . 418 Addressed to Lady 419 421 ib . 422 423 424 425 426 ib ...
... Looks forward to a third volume of poems His delight in the society of his friends • Page 400 • 401 ib . ib . 403 ib . 404 406 . 407 408 409 ib . 412 ib . . 413 414 416 ib . 418 Addressed to Lady 419 421 ib . 422 423 424 425 426 ib ...
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... from any ill usage which he experienced there . His recollections of Westminster were pleasurable . In one of his letters he says , " He who cannot 6 look forward with comfort , must find what comfort 10 LIFE OF COWPER .
... from any ill usage which he experienced there . His recollections of Westminster were pleasurable . In one of his letters he says , " He who cannot 6 look forward with comfort , must find what comfort 10 LIFE OF COWPER .
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William Cowper Robert Southey. 6 look forward with comfort , must find what comfort he can in looking backward . Upon this principle I the other day sent my imagination upon a trip thirty years behind me . She was very obedient , and ...
William Cowper Robert Southey. 6 look forward with comfort , must find what comfort he can in looking backward . Upon this principle I the other day sent my imagination upon a trip thirty years behind me . She was very obedient , and ...
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... look for can never be yours , unless you make that use of it . The colour of our whole life is generally such as the three or four first years in which we are our own masters , make it . Then it is that we may be said to shape our own ...
... look for can never be yours , unless you make that use of it . The colour of our whole life is generally such as the three or four first years in which we are our own masters , make it . Then it is that we may be said to shape our own ...
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... look back to the memory of your sister , and regret her ; but how strange it is , if we were to meet now , we should not know each other ! " The effect on Theodora was more durable . Neither time nor absence diminished her attachment to ...
... look back to the memory of your sister , and regret her ; but how strange it is , if we were to meet now , we should not know each other ! " The effect on Theodora was more durable . Neither time nor absence diminished her attachment to ...
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Page 160 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 4 - Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes.
Page 12 - Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days. The scene is touching, and the heart is stone That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.
Page 439 - And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine ; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 108 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 130 - ... till eleven, we read either the Scripture, or the sermons of some faithful preacher of those holy mysteries ; at eleven we attend divine service, which is performed here twice every day ; and from twelve to three we separate and amuse ourselves as we please. During that interval I either read in my own apartment, or walk, or ride, or work in the garden. We seldom sit an hour after dinner, but if the weather permits adjourn to the garden, where with Mrs. Unwin and her son I have generally the...