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... Poet in- timated the course which he himself intended to take , while , with the prophetic consciousness of ge- nius , he anticipated his future triumph . Though it cannot be allowed that our Author was so " baptized with the Spirit and ...
... Poet in- timated the course which he himself intended to take , while , with the prophetic consciousness of ge- nius , he anticipated his future triumph . Though it cannot be allowed that our Author was so " baptized with the Spirit and ...
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... poet sings , and the world hears , If He regard not , though divine the theme ; - Whose frown can disappoint the proudest strain , Whose approbation - prosper even mine . " The Task , Book vi . No formal essay on the genius and writings ...
... poet sings , and the world hears , If He regard not , though divine the theme ; - Whose frown can disappoint the proudest strain , Whose approbation - prosper even mine . " The Task , Book vi . No formal essay on the genius and writings ...
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... poet's features , in lines so few , yet perfect , that we cannot look upon them , without thinking that he must have been just such a man as these represent him ; for such he has been , to our imagination , ever since we knew him in his ...
... poet's features , in lines so few , yet perfect , that we cannot look upon them , without thinking that he must have been just such a man as these represent him ; for such he has been , to our imagination , ever since we knew him in his ...
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... poet whatever has found readers , enthusiastic readers , of a greater variety of classes of mankind . This , of course , is attributable to the va- ried excellencies of his verse and prose equally ; the latter , as prose , being of the ...
... poet whatever has found readers , enthusiastic readers , of a greater variety of classes of mankind . This , of course , is attributable to the va- ried excellencies of his verse and prose equally ; the latter , as prose , being of the ...
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... poet , if ever man was born one , and early displayed his talent , yet , like a nestling - bird , fledged at the end of summer , scarcely had he learned to sing and fly , before his wing was moulted , and his voice lost ; nor , till ...
... poet , if ever man was born one , and early displayed his talent , yet , like a nestling - bird , fledged at the end of summer , scarcely had he learned to sing and fly , before his wing was moulted , and his voice lost ; nor , till ...
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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