Selections from the Poetical Works of William CowperGinn & Company, 1898 - 243 sider |
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... charm and value . Το know Cowper most truly and deeply , one should know his letters as well as his poetry . They reflect light , each on the other . The accompanying volume is , however , devoted to selec- tions from his poetry ...
... charm and value . Το know Cowper most truly and deeply , one should know his letters as well as his poetry . They reflect light , each on the other . The accompanying volume is , however , devoted to selec- tions from his poetry ...
Side xi
... charm and power , on the other hand it entails limitations . Olney and Weston could at best afford only a narrow circle of interests , and in these the poet's life was centered . But , oh ! wherever else I am accounted dull , dear Mr ...
... charm and power , on the other hand it entails limitations . Olney and Weston could at best afford only a narrow circle of interests , and in these the poet's life was centered . But , oh ! wherever else I am accounted dull , dear Mr ...
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... charm and power north of the Tweed . In 1786 , there appeared at Kilmarnock a thin , unpretending volume , bearing the title Poems , chiefly in the Scottish Dialect , by Robert Burns . And , though Cowper spoke of them , alluding to the ...
... charm and power north of the Tweed . In 1786 , there appeared at Kilmarnock a thin , unpretending volume , bearing the title Poems , chiefly in the Scottish Dialect , by Robert Burns . And , though Cowper spoke of them , alluding to the ...
Side xlviii
... charm of his Task . The remark of Stopford Brooke may be true , that in them he began that extension of the poetry of Man " which was carried on by the song of Wordsworth and Shelley . It is also true that in these poems it was the ...
... charm of his Task . The remark of Stopford Brooke may be true , that in them he began that extension of the poetry of Man " which was carried on by the song of Wordsworth and Shelley . It is also true that in these poems it was the ...
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... charms , and does not destroy the unity of aim running through its six books . " The whole , " said Cowper , " has one tendency to discour- age the modern enthusiasm after a London life and to recommend rural ease and leisure as ...
... charms , and does not destroy the unity of aim running through its six books . " The whole , " said Cowper , " has one tendency to discour- age the modern enthusiasm after a London life and to recommend rural ease and leisure as ...
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Side 206 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such '. — It was. Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Side 77 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Side 53 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Side 25 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man.
Side 195 - It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Side 198 - I first took a view Of my favourite field, and the bank where they grew And now in the grass behold they are laid, And the tree is my seat that once lent me a shade ! The blackbird has fled to another retreat, Where the hazels afford him a screen from the heat, And the scene where his...
Side 122 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers ; his to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel. But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say — My Father made them all.
Side 26 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earned.
Side 208 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine : And, while the wings of Fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Side 151 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.