The life and letters of William Cowper, Հատոր 41809 |
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... a new course of life at Oxford . You would admire him much : He is gentle in his manners , and delicate in his person , resembling our poor friend Unwin , both in face and figure , more than any one I have seen . But he has not 15.
... a new course of life at Oxford . You would admire him much : He is gentle in his manners , and delicate in his person , resembling our poor friend Unwin , both in face and figure , more than any one I have seen . But he has not 15.
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... person , his features , his manner , were all so perfectly characteristic , that I am persuaded an apparition of him could not represent him more completely . This may be said tohave been one of the dreams of Pindus , may it not ? How ...
... person , his features , his manner , were all so perfectly characteristic , that I am persuaded an apparition of him could not represent him more completely . This may be said tohave been one of the dreams of Pindus , may it not ? How ...
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... person skilled . in more languages than are spoken in the present day , as I doubt not that she is . I perfectly approve the theme she recommends to me , but am at present so totally absorbed in Homer , that all I do beside is , ill ...
... person skilled . in more languages than are spoken in the present day , as I doubt not that she is . I perfectly approve the theme she recommends to me , but am at present so totally absorbed in Homer , that all I do beside is , ill ...
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... persons not very interesting to me , and letters from a distance still less interesting , because the writers of them are strangers . A man sent me a long copy of verses , which I could do no less than acknowledge . They were silly ...
... persons not very interesting to me , and letters from a distance still less interesting , because the writers of them are strangers . A man sent me a long copy of verses , which I could do no less than acknowledge . They were silly ...
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... persons , who while they declared that he ought to receive an immediate public support , seemed to possess both the inclina- tion , and the power , to ensure it . But such is the difficulty of doing real good , experienced even by the ...
... persons , who while they declared that he ought to receive an immediate public support , seemed to possess both the inclina- tion , and the power , to ensure it . But such is the difficulty of doing real good , experienced even by the ...
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The life and letters of William Cowper, Հատոր 4 William Cowper,William Hayley Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1812 |
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Adieu admirable affectionate afflicted appear bard bird-lime brother charm church Courtenay Cowper DEAR FRIEND dearest degree delight Dereham distress Eartham endeavour ev'ry excellent expressed eyes feel Four Ages friendship genius give grace Greek hand happy hast heart Heaven Homer honor hope Iliad JOHN JOHNSON John Throckmorton Johnny Johnson justly kind labour Lady HESKETH literary live Lord Thurlow Mary melancholy merit Milton mind morning nature never nihil obliged Odyssey once perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise present quæ Qualia quam quod racter reader reason received rejoice Romney Rose seems shew sight soon spect spirit sublime sufferings sweet talents Task tell tender thee thine thing thou tibi tion translation truth Unwin verse vex'd W. C. LETTER Weston Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write youth
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Էջ 185 - 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 453 - 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 439 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Էջ 184 - Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent. He loved them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away; But waged with death a lasting...
Էջ 191 - YE, who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion's bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England, exulting in his spotless fame, Ranks with her dearest sons his favourite name.
Էջ 242 - 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 — My Father made them all.
Էջ 160 - 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...
Էջ 186 - That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear. And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream...
Էջ 257 - A critic of the present day serves a poem as a cook serves a dead turkey, when she fastens the legs of it to a post, and draws out all the sinews. For this we may thank Pope ; but unless we could imitate him in the closeness and compactness of his expression, as well as in the smoothness of his numbers, we had better drop the imitation, which serves no other purpose than to emasculate and weaken all we write. Give me a manly, rough line, with a deal of meaning in it, rather than a whole poem full...
Էջ 386 - THE SNAIL. To grass, or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The Snail sticks close, nor fears to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides, When danger imminent betides Of storm, or other harm besides Of weather.