Poems ..., Volum 1W. Collins, 1834 - 564 sider |
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Side vii
... thoughts as the thoughts of a friend , in whom every 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 ...
... thoughts as the thoughts of a friend , in whom every 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 ...
Side xvi
... 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 purest standard , both in N thought and diction , and , like his verse , xvi.
... 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 purest standard , both in N thought and diction , and , like his verse , xvi.
Side xvii
William Cowper. thought and diction , and , like his verse , betraying neither imbecility nor eccentricity . Though Cowper was born a poet , if ever man was born one , and early displayed his talent , yet , like a nestling - bird ...
William Cowper. thought and diction , and , like his verse , betraying neither imbecility nor eccentricity . Though Cowper was born a poet , if ever man was born one , and early displayed his talent , yet , like a nestling - bird ...
Side xxii
... thought that they were cul- tivating the purest friendship under heaven — the af- fection of a brother and a sister - Love , if we may personify it here , taking the disguise of a brother to the one , and that of a sister to the other ...
... thought that they were cul- tivating the purest friendship under heaven — the af- fection of a brother and a sister - Love , if we may personify it here , taking the disguise of a brother to the one , and that of a sister to the other ...
Side xxxi
... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , armed with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
... thought , A terrible sagacity informs The poet's heart ; he looks to distant storms ; He hears the thunder ere the tempest lowers ; And , armed with strength surpassing human powers , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
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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