The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life of the AuthorMilner and Sowerby, 1864 - 448 pages |
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Page viii
... thoughts above the things of time and sense , and fix them on those which are eter- nal and endurable . The feelings which had been awaken- ed in the mind of our author , by the conversation which had taken place between him and his ...
... thoughts above the things of time and sense , and fix them on those which are eter- nal and endurable . The feelings which had been awaken- ed in the mind of our author , by the conversation which had taken place between him and his ...
Page xii
... thought and of expression , his choice and treatment of subject , his meta- phors and illustrations , even the cadences and pauses of his verse , are all emphatically self - orignated and his own . He was the first who dared to lay ...
... thought and of expression , his choice and treatment of subject , his meta- phors and illustrations , even the cadences and pauses of his verse , are all emphatically self - orignated and his own . He was the first who dared to lay ...
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... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lin❜d , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glitt'ring store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
... thought , Could they , or would they , reason as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects lin❜d , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glitt'ring store , Just what the toy will sell for , and no ...
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... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As the world and they were hand and ...
... thoughts contemplative have dwelt On situations that they never felt , Start up sagacious , cover'd with the dust Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As the world and they were hand and ...
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... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must : And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despised and trampled on at ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recovery struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must : And that a nation shamefully debas'd , Will be despised and trampled on at ...
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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