Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side x
... means of maintenance , and the nature of his professional em- ployment , if he had any , being entirely unmentioned by his biographers . We gather from his letters , and other imperfect records , that , during this pe- riod , he was ...
... means of maintenance , and the nature of his professional em- ployment , if he had any , being entirely unmentioned by his biographers . We gather from his letters , and other imperfect records , that , during this pe- riod , he was ...
Side xii
... principle of Chris- tian obedience , he was so submitted to the will of God , that , to have saved himself from the very de- struction which he dreaded , he would not avail him- self of any of the means of grace , ( xii.
... principle of Chris- tian obedience , he was so submitted to the will of God , that , to have saved himself from the very de- struction which he dreaded , he would not avail him- self of any of the means of grace , ( xii.
Side xiii
William Cowper. self of any of the means of grace , ( even presuming they might have been efficacious , ) because he be- lieved that they were forbidden to him . Yet , in spite of the self - evident impossibility of his faith affecting a ...
William Cowper. self of any of the means of grace , ( even presuming they might have been efficacious , ) because he be- lieved that they were forbidden to him . Yet , in spite of the self - evident impossibility of his faith affecting a ...
Side xiv
... mean abode , Oh , with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song , Nor thirsts for human praise . " This is the language of ...
... mean abode , Oh , with what peace , and joy , and love , She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song , Nor thirsts for human praise . " This is the language of ...
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... means so splendid and powerful a poem as might have been expected . It is , perhaps , too polemical ; and though its merits will bear microscopic inspection , they fail to strike the unassisted eye with any extraordinary effect . The ...
... means so splendid and powerful a poem as might have been expected . It is , perhaps , too polemical ; and though its merits will bear microscopic inspection , they fail to strike the unassisted eye with any extraordinary effect . 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