William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 117
... express his faith , his moral aspiration or conflict , in vivid , if simple , personal terms . He may derive his images direct from Nature instead of borrowing the Biblical symbolism , which has lost its immediate preg- nancy by ...
... express his faith , his moral aspiration or conflict , in vivid , if simple , personal terms . He may derive his images direct from Nature instead of borrowing the Biblical symbolism , which has lost its immediate preg- nancy by ...
Page 216
... express himself in terms both forcible and elegant , and that he was at no loss for sublime diction , and logical combination , when he wanted to praise his Maker . ' The Task reflected not only his fluctuations of mood , but this ...
... express himself in terms both forcible and elegant , and that he was at no loss for sublime diction , and logical combination , when he wanted to praise his Maker . ' The Task reflected not only his fluctuations of mood , but this ...
Page 317
... express these feelings in poetry , in the pure religious activity of the imagination , he came to attach them to a religious creed which in- flamed , without liberating , them . We do not , of course , claim that if he had been able to ...
... express these feelings in poetry , in the pure religious activity of the imagination , he came to attach them to a religious creed which in- flamed , without liberating , them . We do not , of course , claim that if he had been able to ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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