The Poetical Works of William CowperF. Warne, 1872 - 611 sider |
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Side ix
... Vain 380 The Rose 383 · The Valediction 383 To the Immortal Memory of the Halibut 386 Pairing - time Anticipated • 386 Human Frailty 387 Verses supposed to have been Written by Alexander Selkirk , during his Solitary Abode on the Island ...
... Vain 380 The Rose 383 · The Valediction 383 To the Immortal Memory of the Halibut 386 Pairing - time Anticipated • 386 Human Frailty 387 Verses supposed to have been Written by Alexander Selkirk , during his Solitary Abode on the Island ...
Side xx
... vain ! In the autumn of 1763 a visit to Margate revived his sinking spirits for a time , but as soon as he returned to town his reason failed . Three times he attempted suicide ; then , sending for Major Cowper , he told him what he had ...
... vain ! In the autumn of 1763 a visit to Margate revived his sinking spirits for a time , but as soon as he returned to town his reason failed . Three times he attempted suicide ; then , sending for Major Cowper , he told him what he had ...
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... vain . In the helpless gloom of melancholy madness his life closed . He died April 25 , 1800 . 99 " From that moment ( of his death ) , says his kinsrean , “ until the coffin was closed , the expression into which his countenance had ...
... vain . In the helpless gloom of melancholy madness his life closed . He died April 25 , 1800 . 99 " From that moment ( of his death ) , says his kinsrean , “ until the coffin was closed , the expression into which his countenance had ...
Side 1
... Vain - glorious fool , unknowing what he found , Spurn'd the rich gem thou gavest him . Wherefore ah ! Why not on me that favour ( worthier sure ! ) Conferr'dst thou , goddess ? Thou art blind , thou sayest : Enough ! -thy blindness ...
... Vain - glorious fool , unknowing what he found , Spurn'd the rich gem thou gavest him . Wherefore ah ! Why not on me that favour ( worthier sure ! ) Conferr'dst thou , goddess ? Thou art blind , thou sayest : Enough ! -thy blindness ...
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... vain . Let her say why so fix'd and so steady my look , Without ever regarding the person who spoke , Still affecting to laugh , without hearing the joke . Or why , when with pleasure her praises I hear , ( That sweetest of melody sure ...
... vain . Let her say why so fix'd and so steady my look , Without ever regarding the person who spoke , Still affecting to laugh , without hearing the joke . Or why , when with pleasure her praises I hear , ( That sweetest of melody sure ...
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ANTISTROPHE bard beauty beneath boast Boötes bosom breast breath call'd charms Clifton Reynes Cowper dear death delight divine dream earth ease eyes fair faith fame fancy fear feel fire flowers folly give glory Gordon riots grace groves hand happy hear heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour John Gilpin JOHN MILTON John Throckmorton kings labour light live Lord lost lyre mind Muse Nathaniel Cotton nature never night numbers nymphs o'er once pain Pallas Parnassian peace Phoebus pleasure poet praise prove rest rills sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shore sigh sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil trembling truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom wonder worth youth