The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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... scene in silence , and was never from this time heard to utter her name . About this time , Cowper received a pension of £ 300 per annum ; but of this well merited reward he appears to have taken but little or no notice . A few years ...
... scene in silence , and was never from this time heard to utter her name . About this time , Cowper received a pension of £ 300 per annum ; but of this well merited reward he appears to have taken but little or no notice . A few years ...
Page 28
... scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
... scene , when Chatham died . B. Not so - the virtue still adorns our age , Though the chief actor died upon the stage . In him Demosthenes was heard again ; Liberty taught him her Athenian strain ; She clothed him with authority and awe ...
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... scene . All are his instruments : each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
... scene . All are his instruments : each form of war , What burns at home , or threatens from afar , Nature in arms , her elements at strife , The storms that overset the joys of life , Are but his rods to scourge a guilty land , And ...
Page 35
... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste combin'd , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
... scene . In front of these came Addison . In him Humour in holiday and sightly trim , Sublimity and Attic taste combin'd , To polish , furnish , and delight the mind . Then Pope , as harmony itself exact , In verse well disciplined ...
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... scenes and wilds unknown , With artless airs and concerts of her own ; But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) ... scene and subject it surveys ; Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the ...
... scenes and wilds unknown , With artless airs and concerts of her own ; But seldom ( as if fearful of expense ) ... scene and subject it surveys ; Thus graced , the man asserts a poet's name , And the world cheerfully admits the ...
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