William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 11
... dark- ness in which it shines like a jewel . And while my chief aim has been to throw new light on the darkness which few have tried to penetrate , I have wished , too , to distil something of the companionable virtue of one whose ...
... dark- ness in which it shines like a jewel . And while my chief aim has been to throw new light on the darkness which few have tried to penetrate , I have wished , too , to distil something of the companionable virtue of one whose ...
Page 46
... dark tides that threatened him should ebb , and the loss of her intensified his sense of their impalpable malevolence . In all of these verses he preserved his conscious control over his despair . That , indeed , was his virtue , but he ...
... dark tides that threatened him should ebb , and the loss of her intensified his sense of their impalpable malevolence . In all of these verses he preserved his conscious control over his despair . That , indeed , was his virtue , but he ...
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... dark rapacity or her elemental force . He made her minister to that ' domestic happiness , ' with its closed shutters and drawn curtains and snug warmth , of which he sang so endearingly the charm . But by shutting Nature's discord out ...
... dark rapacity or her elemental force . He made her minister to that ' domestic happiness , ' with its closed shutters and drawn curtains and snug warmth , of which he sang so endearingly the charm . But by shutting Nature's discord out ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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