Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side viii
... were mortal , it extinguished three - fourths , at least , of the splen- dour attached to his name . Cowper emerged , in the middle stage of life , from obscurity and inaction , and , though the season of enterprise and hope might viii.
... were mortal , it extinguished three - fourths , at least , of the splen- dour attached to his name . Cowper emerged , in the middle stage of life , from obscurity and inaction , and , though the season of enterprise and hope might viii.
Side xviii
... least , before he began to work in earnest , and bring them forth to day ; having been , till then , con- tent to pick up and polish such specimens as lay scat- tered on the surface , beneath his feet , or offered themselves to his hand ...
... least , before he began to work in earnest , and bring them forth to day ; having been , till then , con- tent to pick up and polish such specimens as lay scat- tered on the surface , beneath his feet , or offered themselves to his hand ...
Side xxiii
... had not spent an equal portion of time and talent on original com- position . The regret is at least as much bestowed in vain as was that labour ; for there is no well- founded reason to suppose , from the momentary jeo- pardy xxiii.
... had not spent an equal portion of time and talent on original com- position . The regret is at least as much bestowed in vain as was that labour ; for there is no well- founded reason to suppose , from the momentary jeo- pardy xxiii.
Side xxvii
... least , were each , in a mea- sure , what he had made them . Our Author may be legitimately styled the father of this triumvirate , who are , in truth , the living fathers of the innumer- able race of moderns , whom no human ingenuity ...
... least , were each , in a mea- sure , what he had made them . Our Author may be legitimately styled the father of this triumvirate , who are , in truth , the living fathers of the innumer- able race of moderns , whom no human ingenuity ...
Side xxxix
... least , God's name so much upon his lips , a priest ; Bowed at the close , with all his graceful airs , And begged an interest in his frequent prayers . " The character of the story - teller is conspicuously good . The invective against ...
... least , God's name so much upon his lips , a priest ; Bowed at the close , with all his graceful airs , And begged an interest in his frequent prayers . " The character of the story - teller is conspicuously good . The invective against ...
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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