The Works of William Cowper, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1853 |
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... wrote verses . He himself had been " a dabbler in rhyme , " he said , ever since he was fourteen years of age , when he began with translating an elegy of Tibullus . The earliest of his compositions that has been preserved is an ...
... wrote verses . He himself had been " a dabbler in rhyme , " he said , ever since he was fourteen years of age , when he began with translating an elegy of Tibullus . The earliest of his compositions that has been preserved is an ...
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William Cowper Robert Southey. ordinate exertions ; and though he wrote and printed both verse and prose , it was as the concealed assistant 15 of less dif- fident authors . He belonged at that time to the Nonsense Club , consisting of ...
William Cowper Robert Southey. ordinate exertions ; and though he wrote and printed both verse and prose , it was as the concealed assistant 15 of less dif- fident authors . He belonged at that time to the Nonsense Club , consisting of ...
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... wrote this letter his little patrimony was in a course of regular diminution . It was not yet so reduced as to alarm him with the apprehension of coming to the last hundred , and arriving at that stage of poverty in which per- sons of a ...
... wrote this letter his little patrimony was in a course of regular diminution . It was not yet so reduced as to alarm him with the apprehension of coming to the last hundred , and arriving at that stage of poverty in which per- sons of a ...
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... wrote them ; but I can state that they were 10 He was connected nearly fifty years with the school , and had , very de- servedly , a pension from the king of 4001. a year . He died January 5 , 1781 , being at that time chancellor of ...
... wrote them ; but I can state that they were 10 He was connected nearly fifty years with the school , and had , very de- servedly , a pension from the king of 4001. a year . He died January 5 , 1781 , being at that time chancellor of ...
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... wrote . No man knew better that though the capability of becoming a poet is the gift of nature , the art of poetry requires no ordinary pains : but he submitted to none himself . Blotting and correcting were his abhorrence ; he said it ...
... wrote . No man knew better that though the capability of becoming a poet is the gift of nature , the art of poetry requires no ordinary pains : but he submitted to none himself . Blotting and correcting were his abhorrence ; he said it ...
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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...