The life and posthumous writings of William Cowper, by W. Hayley. Supplementary pages, Հատոր 41806 |
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... leave Eartham ; four days will be necesary to bring us home again , for I am under a promise to General Cowper to dine with him on the way , which cannot be done comfortably , either to him or to ourselves , unless we sleep that night ...
... leave Eartham ; four days will be necesary to bring us home again , for I am under a promise to General Cowper to dine with him on the way , which cannot be done comfortably , either to him or to ourselves , unless we sleep that night ...
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... but to mourn with you - we do indeed sincerely mourn with you , and if it will afford you any consolation to know it , you may be assured that every eye 4 To the same On the beautiful scenery of Eartham; regrets on leaving it, Sept 9.
... but to mourn with you - we do indeed sincerely mourn with you , and if it will afford you any consolation to know it , you may be assured that every eye 4 To the same On the beautiful scenery of Eartham; regrets on leaving it, Sept 9.
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... leave Eartham . We shall then have been six weeks resident here ; a holiday time long enough for a man who has much to do . farewell ! And now W. C. P. S. Hayley , whose love for me seems to be truly that of a brother , has given me his ...
... leave Eartham . We shall then have been six weeks resident here ; a holiday time long enough for a man who has much to do . farewell ! And now W. C. P. S. Hayley , whose love for me seems to be truly that of a brother , has given me his ...
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... leave Eartham . But I am in truth so unaccount- ably local in the use of my pen , that , like the man in the fable , who could leap well no where but at Rhodes , I seem incapable of writing at all , except at Weston . This is , as I ...
... leave Eartham . But I am in truth so unaccount- ably local in the use of my pen , that , like the man in the fable , who could leap well no where but at Rhodes , I seem incapable of writing at all , except at Weston . This is , as I ...
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... leave of our dear Tom , at the bottom of the chalk - hill . But soon after this last separation , my troubles gushed from my eyes , and then I was better . We must now prepare for our visit to the Ge neral . I add no more , therefore ...
... leave of our dear Tom , at the bottom of the chalk - hill . But soon after this last separation , my troubles gushed from my eyes , and then I was better . We must now prepare for our visit to the Ge neral . I add no more , therefore ...
Common terms and phrases
Adieu admirable affectionate afflicted appear bard bird-lime CALLIMACHUS charm Courtenay Cowper DEAR FRIEND dearest brother delight Dereham distress Eartham endeared endeavour Esqr excellent expression eyes favourite feel friendship genius GEORGE ROMNEY give grace Greek hand happy haste heart Heaven Homer honour hope Iliad JOHN JOHNSON John Throckmorton Johnny Johnson justly kind Kingston labour Lady Hesketh live Lord Thurlow Mary melancholy memory Milton mind morning nature never nihil obliged Odyssey once perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise present quæ quam quod racter reader reason received rejoice Revd Romney SAMUEL ROSE seems shew sight soon sorrow spirit sufferings talents tell tender thee thine thing thou tibi tion translation truth Unwin verse vex'd W. C. LETTER W. C. TO WILLIAM Weston Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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Էջ 157 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For, could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!
Էջ 181 - Nor, cruel as it seem'd, could he Their haste himself condemn, Aware that flight, in such a sea, Alone could rescue them; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh. He long survives, who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld; And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repell'd; And ever as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried - 'Adieu!
Էջ 281 - WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage-bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows...
Էջ 156 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will...
Էջ 158 - But ah! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary!
Էջ 182 - Adieu!' At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank.
Էջ 449 - Time made thee what thou wast, king of the woods : And Time hath made thee what thou art — a cave For owls to roost in.
Էջ 451 - Thought cannot spend itself, comparing still The great and little of thy lot, thy growth From almost nullity into a state Of matchless grandeur, and declension thence, Slow, into such magnificent decay. Time was, when, settling on thy leaf, a fly Could shake thee to the root — and time has been When tempests could not.
Էջ 237 - With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Էջ 180 - He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine...