The life and letters of William Cowper, Հատոր 41809 |
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... turn to any account . How often do I wish in the course of the day , that I could be employed once more in poetry , and how often of course that this Miltonic trap had never caught me ! The year ninety - two shall stand chronicled in my ...
... turn to any account . How often do I wish in the course of the day , that I could be employed once more in poetry , and how often of course that this Miltonic trap had never caught me ! The year ninety - two shall stand chronicled in my ...
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... turn , had I many to send , but only two or three pre- sent themselves . Frogs will feed on worms . I saw a frog ga- thering into his gullet an earth worm as long as him- self ; it cost him time and labour , but at last he succeeded ...
... turn , had I many to send , but only two or three pre- sent themselves . Frogs will feed on worms . I saw a frog ga- thering into his gullet an earth worm as long as him- self ; it cost him time and labour , but at last he succeeded ...
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... read it . Hereafter they shall not quarrel with me on that score . The Iliad is now all smooth turn- pike , and I will take equal care , that there shall be no jolts in the Odyssey . LETTER XXXII . To Lady HESKETH . The Lodge , 70.
... read it . Hereafter they shall not quarrel with me on that score . The Iliad is now all smooth turn- pike , and I will take equal care , that there shall be no jolts in the Odyssey . LETTER XXXII . To Lady HESKETH . The Lodge , 70.
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... turn : as I have insinuated , thy pleasant company is the thing which I always wish and as much at one time as at another . I believe , if I examine myself minutely , since I despair of ever having it in the height of summer , which for ...
... turn : as I have insinuated , thy pleasant company is the thing which I always wish and as much at one time as at another . I believe , if I examine myself minutely , since I despair of ever having it in the height of summer , which for ...
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... turn . Fortunately too I went out at the church end of the village , and consequently saw nothing of it . How I could possibly pass it without seeing it , when it stood in the walk , I know not , but certain it is that I did . And where ...
... turn . Fortunately too I went out at the church end of the village , and consequently saw nothing of it . How I could possibly pass it without seeing it , when it stood in the walk , I know not , but certain it is that I did . And where ...
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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.