The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... never accomplished . It was now , how- ever , that he began to assume the character of a literary man , and having formed an intimacy with the parties who conducted the Connoisseur , he con- tributed several papers to that periodical ...
... never accomplished . It was now , how- ever , that he began to assume the character of a literary man , and having formed an intimacy with the parties who conducted the Connoisseur , he con- tributed several papers to that periodical ...
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... never dwell , Or anger aim'd at me . No bold offence of mine I knew Should e'er provoke your hate ; And early taught to think you true , Still hoped a gentler fate . With kindness bless the present hour , Or , oh ! we meet in vain ...
... never dwell , Or anger aim'd at me . No bold offence of mine I knew Should e'er provoke your hate ; And early taught to think you true , Still hoped a gentler fate . With kindness bless the present hour , Or , oh ! we meet in vain ...
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... never felt . Happy ! when we but seek t ' endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ; For friendship , like a severed bone , Improves and joins a stronger tone When aptly reunited . Time , however , gradually ...
... never felt . Happy ! when we but seek t ' endure A little pain , then find a cure By double joy requited ; For friendship , like a severed bone , Improves and joins a stronger tone When aptly reunited . Time , however , gradually ...
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... never clogs the veins , nor distempers the intellect , and when its revelations are made a subject of un- natural fear , it is after the mind has learned to see shapes of terror wherever it turns ; when the sun and stars are as fraught ...
... never clogs the veins , nor distempers the intellect , and when its revelations are made a subject of un- natural fear , it is after the mind has learned to see shapes of terror wherever it turns ; when the sun and stars are as fraught ...
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... never exchanged for another . ' As the mind of Cowper regained some degree of tranquillity , the dread with which his religious feel- ings had inspired him , was gradually changed into a humble and comforting trust in the Divine ...
... never exchanged for another . ' As the mind of Cowper regained some degree of tranquillity , the dread with which his religious feel- ings had inspired him , was gradually changed into a humble and comforting trust in the Divine ...
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