The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1905 - 741 pages |
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... desire to record my sincere gratitude to Mr. Johnson , as well as to Mrs. Johnson , who gave me the advantage of her wide knowledge of Cowper and his circle . To Mr. Bertram Vaughan Johnson , another grandson of John Johnson , I am very ...
... desire to record my sincere gratitude to Mr. Johnson , as well as to Mrs. Johnson , who gave me the advantage of her wide knowledge of Cowper and his circle . To Mr. Bertram Vaughan Johnson , another grandson of John Johnson , I am very ...
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... desire , of breath- ing . Mrs. Unwin's son and daughter had married and removed ; Cowper's brother had died , and with his other relations the receipt of his allowance became almost his only link . He had sold his books on leaving the ...
... desire , of breath- ing . Mrs. Unwin's son and daughter had married and removed ; Cowper's brother had died , and with his other relations the receipt of his allowance became almost his only link . He had sold his books on leaving the ...
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... desire for country repose , to the direct invocation of Nature— " Be thou the great inspirer of my strains . " That one line , even modified as it is by those that precede , con- tains in it all the promise of Cowper's future . But a ...
... desire for country repose , to the direct invocation of Nature— " Be thou the great inspirer of my strains . " That one line , even modified as it is by those that precede , con- tains in it all the promise of Cowper's future . But a ...
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... desires . Dante has indeed known how to unite the dogmatic precision of a mediæval schoolman with a sublimity of imagination no poet has ever surpassed . But the " Paradise is a unique achievement . For Milton's most inspiring visions ...
... desires . Dante has indeed known how to unite the dogmatic precision of a mediæval schoolman with a sublimity of imagination no poet has ever surpassed . But the " Paradise is a unique achievement . For Milton's most inspiring visions ...
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... desire to tell you in legible characters how much I , and how much we all love and are obliged to you . The oysters , like those you sent first , surpass all encomium ; and the Cottenham cheeses were especially welcome , being always ...
... desire to tell you in legible characters how much I , and how much we all love and are obliged to you . The oysters , like those you sent first , surpass all encomium ; and the Cottenham cheeses were especially welcome , being always ...
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Page 39 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 31 - OH for a closer walk with God ! A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 271 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Page 429 - Toll for the brave ! Brave KEMPENFELT is gone ! His last sea-fight is fought ! His work of glory done ! It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ! She sprang no fatal leak ! She ran upon no rock...
Page 300 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 215 - AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 386 - Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Page 265 - Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ! that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 49 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 332 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and though poor perhaps, compared 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 —