Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side vii
... thing is dearer and more engaging to us , than the same in a stranger could be . Yet Cowper must be known well , to be loved heartily . He appears dry , and cold , and even repulsive at first , in his greater poems ; nor even in his ...
... thing is dearer and more engaging to us , than the same in a stranger could be . Yet Cowper must be known well , to be loved heartily . He appears dry , and cold , and even repulsive at first , in his greater poems ; nor even in his ...
Side xii
... thing which he either knew by experience , or believed upon evidence . Satire was his peculiar forte ; but it was the satire of pleas- antry , rather than of scorn or indignation . His ima- gination was playful , and easily delighted ...
... thing which he either knew by experience , or believed upon evidence . Satire was his peculiar forte ; but it was the satire of pleas- antry , rather than of scorn or indignation . His ima- gination was playful , and easily delighted ...
Side xix
... thing of the same character in the Metamorphoses . Hymn 12th , ++ Book II . closes with one of the hardiest figures to be met with out of the Hebrew Scriptures . The subject is , the prayer of pious parents for their young children ...
... thing of the same character in the Metamorphoses . Hymn 12th , ++ Book II . closes with one of the hardiest figures to be met with out of the Hebrew Scriptures . The subject is , the prayer of pious parents for their young children ...
Side xxviii
... thing like fury , or betrays any strong symptom of the diviner mood . indeed , comes a glorious burst , in which the patriot , the Christian , and the bard , all unite in a warning , sufficient to alarm the most supine statesman , touch ...
... thing like fury , or betrays any strong symptom of the diviner mood . indeed , comes a glorious burst , in which the patriot , the Christian , and the bard , all unite in a warning , sufficient to alarm the most supine statesman , touch ...
Side xxxvi
... things , which to him are the same as if they were non - existent ? The man naturally blind , may con- vince himself , by infallible experiments , that others possess a sense which he neither has , nor can com- prehend ; but he who is ...
... things , which to him are the same as if they were non - existent ? The man naturally blind , may con- vince himself , by infallible experiments , that others possess a sense which he neither has , nor can com- prehend ; but he who is ...
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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