The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page vi
... heart- searching pleasure . In 1737-8 our poet was sent to a school of great celebrity in the country , but to the discipline of which , on account of his naturally delicate constitution , he was ill adapted . The severe treatment which ...
... heart- searching pleasure . In 1737-8 our poet was sent to a school of great celebrity in the country , but to the discipline of which , on account of his naturally delicate constitution , he was ill adapted . The severe treatment which ...
Page viii
... heart - felt joy . " After the expiration of eighteen months , during which time he had been placed in an asylum at ... heart , the Mary for whom his strongest and fondest affections of which the heart is susceptible , were entertained ...
... heart - felt joy . " After the expiration of eighteen months , during which time he had been placed in an asylum at ... heart , the Mary for whom his strongest and fondest affections of which the heart is susceptible , were entertained ...
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... , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart : he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And TABLE TALK . 31.
... , when remote futurity is brought Before the keen inquiry of her thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart : he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And TABLE TALK . 31.
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... heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's stand , Beating alternately , in measur'd time , The clock - work tintinnabulum of rhyme , Exact and ...
... heart , Quite unindebted to the tricks of art . When labour and when dulness , club in hand , Like the two figures at St. Dunstan's stand , Beating alternately , in measur'd time , The clock - work tintinnabulum of rhyme , Exact and ...
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... heart Had faded , poetry was not an art : Language , above all teaching , or if taught , Only by gratitude and glowing thought , Elegant as simplicity , and warm An ecstasy , unmanacled by form ; Not prompted , as in our degenerate days ...
... heart Had faded , poetry was not an art : Language , above all teaching , or if taught , Only by gratitude and glowing thought , Elegant as simplicity , and warm An ecstasy , unmanacled by form ; Not prompted , as in our degenerate days ...
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Aspasio beauty beneath bids blest boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd divine dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown fruit give glory grace hand happy hast heart heaven honour hope hour House of Lords human John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymph o'er once pain pass'd peace perhaps pine-apples pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound spleen Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thought toil tongue trembling trifler truth Twas virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth