Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side xiii
... earth ? Unquestionably , when he came from St. Albans to Huntingdon , and during the earlier part of his acquaintance with the Unwins . There , when his soul had escaped , " like a bird from the snare of the fowler , " - for xiii.
... earth ? Unquestionably , when he came from St. Albans to Huntingdon , and during the earlier part of his acquaintance with the Unwins . There , when his soul had escaped , " like a bird from the snare of the fowler , " - for xiii.
Side xiv
... earth ; having left his own connections , and not yet found new ones in the church - his amiable brother , the Rev. John Cowper , of Cambridge , and Dr. Cotton , of St. Albans , being then his only friends . These hymns are Nos . 44 and ...
... earth ; having left his own connections , and not yet found new ones in the church - his amiable brother , the Rev. John Cowper , of Cambridge , and Dr. Cotton , of St. Albans , being then his only friends . These hymns are Nos . 44 and ...
Side xxii
... be gladly conceded , for having inspired his finest productions . Yet their friendship did not live to see its own immortal offspring born . from the press in 1785. They had met for the last time on earth before the " Task " appeared ; ...
... be gladly conceded , for having inspired his finest productions . Yet their friendship did not live to see its own immortal offspring born . from the press in 1785. They had met for the last time on earth before the " Task " appeared ; ...
Side xxiii
... earth , or hope in heaven . It has often been regretted , that , instead of this la- bour in vain , as it seems to many , he had not spent an equal portion of time and talent on original com- position . The regret is at least as much ...
... earth , or hope in heaven . It has often been regretted , that , instead of this la- bour in vain , as it seems to many , he had not spent an equal portion of time and talent on original com- position . The regret is at least as much ...
Side xxxi
... diction . Had Cowper's rhymes been all of this order of creation ; fruitful as earth , active as fire , fluent as water , free as air , and pure as light , his first volume would not have ap- - peared , to be seen by no body but xxxi.
... diction . Had Cowper's rhymes been all of this order of creation ; fruitful as earth , active as fire , fluent as water , free as air , and pure as light , his first volume would not have ap- - peared , to be seen by no body but xxxi.
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath bids blank verse blest boast breath cause charms Cowper deem delight distant divine dread dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fatal egg fear feel fire flowers folly frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human JOHN GILPIN JOSEPH HILL labour land light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rude sacred scene scorn seek seems shade shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound stand stream sweet task taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom woes worth youth