The poetical works of William Cowper [ed.] with prefatory notice by E. Hope1885 |
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... leaving her at New Burns 244 R. S. S. 245 · · Disappointment Written in a Fit of Illness Ode . 246 248 248 Song A Song A Song The Certainty of Death The Castaway 250 251 252 253 254 Translations of the Latin and Italian Poems of Milton ...
... leaving her at New Burns 244 R. S. S. 245 · · Disappointment Written in a Fit of Illness Ode . 246 248 248 Song A Song A Song The Certainty of Death The Castaway 250 251 252 253 254 Translations of the Latin and Italian Poems of Milton ...
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... leave the asylum . In the calm that followed the fever through which he had passed , he wrote the beautiful hymns beginning- and- " How blest Thy creature is , O God , When , with a single eye , He views the lustre of Thy word , The day ...
... leave the asylum . In the calm that followed the fever through which he had passed , he wrote the beautiful hymns beginning- and- " How blest Thy creature is , O God , When , with a single eye , He views the lustre of Thy word , The day ...
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... leave . Mrs. Unwin was his unwearied nurse and attendant by day and night , unmindful of her own health or the remarks of the uncharitable ; and with great gentleness and skill she ministered to her diseased friend . Mr. Newton , too ...
... leave . Mrs. Unwin was his unwearied nurse and attendant by day and night , unmindful of her own health or the remarks of the uncharitable ; and with great gentleness and skill she ministered to her diseased friend . Mr. Newton , too ...
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... leave Olney , which she did . In the meantime Cowper's first volume had been read and duly criticised . His style was so new that it took the public some little time to make up its 66 mind respecting it . Some of the Reviews praised 22 ...
... leave Olney , which she did . In the meantime Cowper's first volume had been read and duly criticised . His style was so new that it took the public some little time to make up its 66 mind respecting it . Some of the Reviews praised 22 ...
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... leaving Weston he wrote on a panel of the window - shutter in his bed - room the following couplet : - " Farewell , dear scenes , forever closed to me ; Oh , for what sorrows must I now exchange ye ! " They went to North Toddenham ...
... leaving Weston he wrote on a panel of the window - shutter in his bed - room the following couplet : - " Farewell , dear scenes , forever closed to me ; Oh , for what sorrows must I now exchange ye ! " They went to North Toddenham ...
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beauty beneath blessing blest bliss boast bosom breast breath charms Cowper dear death deep delight design'd divine dream Dryope dwell earth ease ERNEST RHYS ev'n ev'ry eyes fair faithful fancy fear feel fill'd flow'rs form'd gentle Gilpin glory grace groves happy hear heard heart Heav'n hope hour John Gilpin John Throckmorton JOSEPH SKIPSEY labour Lady lambs light live Lord MATHILDE BLIND mind Muse Nature ne'er never night nymphs o'er OLNEY HYMNS once pain pass'd peace PINE-APPLE pleasure poet poet's pow'rs praise prove repose rest sacred scene seek seem'd shade shine sing skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound stamp'd sweet sweet oblivion taste tears telescopic eye thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought Thyrsis touch'd truth Twas Unwin verse VICTOR HUGO virtue WALTER SCOTT wind wisdom wish youth
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Página 324 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Página 165 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. 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 106 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Página 209 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid ; Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Página 186 - His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 27 - My panting side was charged when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.^ There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore And in his hands and feet the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts He drew them forth, and healed and bade me live.
Página 210 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth : But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents pass'd into the skies.
Página 172 - And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before. Away went Gilpin, and away Went Gilpin's hat and wig: He lost them sooner than at first, For why? — they were too big. Now...
Página 325 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed ! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Página 234 - And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.