The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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... thing of the same hypochondria , though in a different degree and with different results , beset Dr Johnson , Collins , and Swift . Cowper's own description of himself in the third book of the " Task " is the best explanation of his ...
... thing of the same hypochondria , though in a different degree and with different results , beset Dr Johnson , Collins , and Swift . Cowper's own description of himself in the third book of the " Task " is the best explanation of his ...
Side xviii
... things that were strange and remote . Something of that feeling entered into the poet's conception of ex- ternal nature . English poets had never at any period been blind to the beauty of their land . From Chaucer onwards they described ...
... things that were strange and remote . Something of that feeling entered into the poet's conception of ex- ternal nature . English poets had never at any period been blind to the beauty of their land . From Chaucer onwards they described ...
Side xix
... things are expressed in his verse . The yearning for a country life by dwellers in the city had been expressed long before by Virgil , Horace , and Juvenal , themselves inhabitants of the town ; but in English poetry it was ...
... things are expressed in his verse . The yearning for a country life by dwellers in the city had been expressed long before by Virgil , Horace , and Juvenal , themselves inhabitants of the town ; but in English poetry it was ...
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... things , and intend The least of our concerns ( since from the least The greatest oft originate ) , could chance Find place in His dominion , or dispose One lawless particle to thwart His plan , Then God might be surprised , and ...
... things , and intend The least of our concerns ( since from the least The greatest oft originate ) , could chance Find place in His dominion , or dispose One lawless particle to thwart His plan , Then God might be surprised , and ...
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... things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all - essenced o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet , Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight , —when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon ...
... things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all - essenced o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet , Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight , —when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon ...
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Side 252 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Side 166 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Side 80 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Side 175 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Side 194 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Side 176 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Side 271 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Side 166 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Side 193 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Side 167 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...