Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side vi
... Task , " he says , alluding to the same subject , and the same inspiration— " But all is in his hand , whose praise I seek , In vain the poet sings , and the world hears , If He regard not , though divine the theme ; - Whose frown can ...
... Task , " he says , alluding to the same subject , and the same inspiration— " But all is in his hand , whose praise I seek , In vain the poet sings , and the world hears , If He regard not , though divine the theme ; - Whose frown can ...
Side ix
... sight of their contemporaries . But this is digression . After Cowper had fulfilled his clerkship , he en- tered upon those studies which were to qualify him The Task . X for a barrister , with about as much intensity A 3 ix.
... sight of their contemporaries . But this is digression . After Cowper had fulfilled his clerkship , he en- tered upon those studies which were to qualify him The Task . X for a barrister , with about as much intensity A 3 ix.
Side xvii
... Task , " are developed , and shown to be the " mother - tongue " of his muse . The following pas- sage might have been penned the same day with the Sofa . " This ponderous heel of perforated hide Compact , with pegs indented , many a ...
... Task , " are developed , and shown to be the " mother - tongue " of his muse . The following pas- sage might have been penned the same day with the Sofa . " This ponderous heel of perforated hide Compact , with pegs indented , many a ...
Side xxii
... for having inspired his finest productions . Yet their friendship did not live to see its own immortal offspring born . from the press in 1785. They had met for the last time on earth before the " Task " appeared ; xxii.
... for having inspired his finest productions . Yet their friendship did not live to see its own immortal offspring born . from the press in 1785. They had met for the last time on earth before the " Task " appeared ; xxii.
Side xxiii
... Task , " and the excite- ment of the new world in which he began to live and breathe - though it was but the old world , in the concerns of which he now took an interest , unfelt be- fore , since he resolutely left it , -Cowper was ...
... Task , " and the excite- ment of the new world in which he began to live and breathe - though it was but the old world , in the concerns of which he now took an interest , unfelt be- fore , since he resolutely left it , -Cowper was ...
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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