Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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... kind . The reader might imagine himself Christian on his pilgrimage , " the triumph and the trance " are brought so home to his own bosom . But while Cowper , in association with his friend , * " My song shall bless the Lord of all ...
... kind . The reader might imagine himself Christian on his pilgrimage , " the triumph and the trance " are brought so home to his own bosom . But while Cowper , in association with his friend , * " My song shall bless the Lord of all ...
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... kind was scarcely a marketable commodity in those days , neither were his subjects or his sentiments calculated to dazzle or please on the sudden . About this time , Cowper became acquainted with Lady Austen - for his fame , the most ...
... kind was scarcely a marketable commodity in those days , neither were his subjects or his sentiments calculated to dazzle or please on the sudden . About this time , Cowper became acquainted with Lady Austen - for his fame , the most ...
Side xxiv
... kind — a desire which , if met , instead of being satisfied , would be satiated . To Cowper's translation of Homer , we are be- holden not only for the pleasure which a perusal will afford to reasonable and patient readers , -such , in ...
... kind — a desire which , if met , instead of being satisfied , would be satiated . To Cowper's translation of Homer , we are be- holden not only for the pleasure which a perusal will afford to reasonable and patient readers , -such , in ...
Side xxxi
... kind . Contrasting the manly strain which he adopts , with the " creamy smoothness " of small poets , he says , " Give me the line , that ploughs its stately course , Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force . " The first of ...
... kind . Contrasting the manly strain which he adopts , with the " creamy smoothness " of small poets , he says , " Give me the line , that ploughs its stately course , Like a proud swan , conquering the stream by force . " The first of ...
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... kind , and treating them almost as if all professors were pedants and blockheads alike . The reader is referred to a long passage , from " Philosophy , that does not dream or stray ; Walks arm and arm with Nature all his way , " to the ...
... kind , and treating them almost as if all professors were pedants and blockheads alike . The reader is referred to a long passage , from " Philosophy , that does not dream or stray ; Walks arm and arm with Nature all his way , " to the ...
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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