The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volumen1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... from it . In the mean time , the interest of my friend , the causes of his choice , and my own reputation and circumstances , all urged me forward : all pressed me to undertake that which I saw to be impracti- xiv MEMOIR OF COWPER .
... from it . In the mean time , the interest of my friend , the causes of his choice , and my own reputation and circumstances , all urged me forward : all pressed me to undertake that which I saw to be impracti- xiv MEMOIR OF COWPER .
Página xli
... cause at that time we act under the control of others , and are not suffered to have a will of our own . But thence downward into the vale of years , is such a declivity , that we have just an opportunity to reflect upon the steepness ...
... cause at that time we act under the control of others , and are not suffered to have a will of our own . But thence downward into the vale of years , is such a declivity , that we have just an opportunity to reflect upon the steepness ...
Página xlix
... cause it is in vain ; my groans will not bring the remedy , because there is no remedy for me . The time when I seem to be most rationally employed is when I am reading . " His view of his spiritual state was so wretched , 66 that , for ...
... cause it is in vain ; my groans will not bring the remedy , because there is no remedy for me . The time when I seem to be most rationally employed is when I am reading . " His view of his spiritual state was so wretched , 66 that , for ...
Página lii
... cause of the inter- ruption to their friendship is glossed over with Mr. Hayley's usual skill , nor have either of the other biographers of the poet explained the cir- cumstance . There can be no doubt that Mrs. Unwin became jealous of ...
... cause of the inter- ruption to their friendship is glossed over with Mr. Hayley's usual skill , nor have either of the other biographers of the poet explained the cir- cumstance . There can be no doubt that Mrs. Unwin became jealous of ...
Página liv
... cause to rejoice than to mourn that she was hidden in the grave so soon . " Perhaps the following explanation of the notice of Bishop Bagot ought to form a note to the Poem on Public Schools : it places Cowper's love of justice in a ...
... cause to rejoice than to mourn that she was hidden in the grave so soon . " Perhaps the following explanation of the notice of Bishop Bagot ought to form a note to the Poem on Public Schools : it places Cowper's love of justice in a ...
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Página 205 - 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.
Página 256 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 243 - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
Página 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Página 208 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Página xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Página 246 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Página 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Página xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.