William CowperJ. Cape, 1928 - 319 pages |
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Page 45
... poems to Theodora reveal had their roots , even more than they had with Coleridge , in a sense of sailing the sea of ... poem that he ever wrote , when in truth he was shipwrecked beyond hope of rescue . Even in the first of these poems ...
... poems to Theodora reveal had their roots , even more than they had with Coleridge , in a sense of sailing the sea of ... poem that he ever wrote , when in truth he was shipwrecked beyond hope of rescue . Even in the first of these poems ...
Page 145
... poem , dreaming of - Large population on a liberal plan And woman trembling at the foot of man ; How simple wedlock fornication works , And Christians marrying may convert the Turks . Cowper was too gentle and humane to be a satirical ...
... poem , dreaming of - Large population on a liberal plan And woman trembling at the foot of man ; How simple wedlock fornication works , And Christians marrying may convert the Turks . Cowper was too gentle and humane to be a satirical ...
Page 187
... poem he proclaimed man ' as a mere instrument in hands divine ' and as a criminal meet for a most undivine judgment . As the summer advanced , however , he grew a little less sententious . Hope , his next poem , began with a tribute ...
... poem he proclaimed man ' as a mere instrument in hands divine ' and as a criminal meet for a most undivine judgment . As the summer advanced , however , he grew a little less sententious . Hope , his next poem , began with a tribute ...
Contents
THE SEEDS OF MISFORTUNE Page | 15 |
THE HARVEST OF PROVIDENCE | 65 |
THE REV JOHN NEWTON | 99 |
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