Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side ix
... poor Cowper to the standard of his , and made him as much greater in the eye of posterity than the Chancellor now ap- pears , as the latter was greater than he in the sight of their contemporaries . But this is digression . After Cowper ...
... poor Cowper to the standard of his , and made him as much greater in the eye of posterity than the Chancellor now ap- pears , as the latter was greater than he in the sight of their contemporaries . But this is digression . After Cowper ...
Side xiii
... poor Cowper mad . " If they be sincere , they are them- selves under the " strong delusion to believe a lie ; " and it will be well if it prove not , on their part , a wilful one - it will be well if they have not reached that last ...
... poor Cowper mad . " If they be sincere , they are them- selves under the " strong delusion to believe a lie ; " and it will be well if it prove not , on their part , a wilful one - it will be well if they have not reached that last ...
Side xxxiii
... poor human nature , ar- rayed in self - righteousness , that nobody who knows his own face in a looking - glass need doubt the family - likeness . " EXPOSTULATION " furnishes a fine example of our Author's talent for parable . " When ...
... poor human nature , ar- rayed in self - righteousness , that nobody who knows his own face in a looking - glass need doubt the family - likeness . " EXPOSTULATION " furnishes a fine example of our Author's talent for parable . " When ...
Side lvi
... poor family - piece ; the dark deeds and shrewd daring of the village robber ; the metamorphosis of the simple rural lass , by the pains of the wig - weaver and milliner , into a creature " of a rank Too proud for dairy - work , or sale ...
... poor family - piece ; the dark deeds and shrewd daring of the village robber ; the metamorphosis of the simple rural lass , by the pains of the wig - weaver and milliner , into a creature " of a rank Too proud for dairy - work , or sale ...
Side 64
... Poor Africans , 480 The Morning Dream , 482 The Nightingale and Glow - worm , 483 On a Goldfinch , starved to Death in his Cage , 485 The Pine - apple and the Bee , ib . Horace , Book II . Ode X. 487 A reflection on the foregoing Ode ...
... Poor Africans , 480 The Morning Dream , 482 The Nightingale and Glow - worm , 483 On a Goldfinch , starved to Death in his Cage , 485 The Pine - apple and the Bee , ib . Horace , Book II . Ode X. 487 A reflection on the foregoing Ode ...
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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