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Page vii
... DEAR SIR , I find the Poem of Mr. Cowper's , to which I alluded this morning , is entitled Anti - Thelyphthora , was printed in quarto by Johnson , in 1781 , and is noticed in the sixty - fourth volume of the Monthly Review , p . 229 ...
... DEAR SIR , I find the Poem of Mr. Cowper's , to which I alluded this morning , is entitled Anti - Thelyphthora , was printed in quarto by Johnson , in 1781 , and is noticed in the sixty - fourth volume of the Monthly Review , p . 229 ...
Page xiv
... dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly great and amiable Mr. Cowper . This gave rise to a friendship , which increased with every repeated interview ; and for several years I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon ...
... dear and venerable friend ' introduced me to the truly great and amiable Mr. Cowper . This gave rise to a friendship , which increased with every repeated interview ; and for several years I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon ...
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... to rob Thee of thy birthright , gentle Bob , - For thou art born sole heir and single Of dear Mat Prior's easy jingle ; Nor that I mean , while thus I knit My 10 COWPER'S POEMS . The future Peace and Glory of the Church.
... to rob Thee of thy birthright , gentle Bob , - For thou art born sole heir and single Of dear Mat Prior's easy jingle ; Nor that I mean , while thus I knit My 10 COWPER'S POEMS . The future Peace and Glory of the Church.
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... dear maid who wrought the change E'er claim him for her own . AN APOLOGY Cutfield , July , 1752 . FOR NOT SHOWING HER WHAT I HAD WROTE . DID not my Muse ( what can she less ? ) Perceive her own unworthiness , Could she by some well ...
... dear maid who wrought the change E'er claim him for her own . AN APOLOGY Cutfield , July , 1752 . FOR NOT SHOWING HER WHAT I HAD WROTE . DID not my Muse ( what can she less ? ) Perceive her own unworthiness , Could she by some well ...
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... dear , however odd It may appear to say , I sought it merely to defraud Thy spoiler of his prey . Yet when its sister locks shall fade , As quickly fade they must , When all their beauties are decay'd , Their gloss , their colour , lost ...
... dear , however odd It may appear to say , I sought it merely to defraud Thy spoiler of his prey . Yet when its sister locks shall fade , As quickly fade they must , When all their beauties are decay'd , Their gloss , their colour , lost ...
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Page 62 - A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun ; It gives a light to every age — It gives, but borrows none.
Page 242 - 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 253 - Had cheer'd the village with his song, Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended, Began to feel, as well he might, The keen demands of appetite ; When, looking eagerly around, He spied far off, upon the ground A something shining in the dark, And knew the glow-worm by his spark ; So stooping down from hawthorn top, He thought to put him in his crop. The worm, aware of his intent, Harangued him thus, right eloquent:— Did you admire my lamp...
Page 53 - HARK, my soul ; it is the Lord ; "Tis thy Saviour; hear his word ; Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee, " Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me...
Page 40 - 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 ! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord ? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3...
Page 78 - The Lord of all the vast domain Has promised it to me ; The length and breadth of all the plain As far as faith can see How glorious is my privilege!
Page 263 - The kindest and the happiest p"air Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
Page 129 - Oh, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumbered plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile, From ostentation as from weakness free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star. Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE AND LIVE.
Page 66 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 68 - GOD of my life, to Thee I call, Afflicted at thy feet I fall ; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail ! 2 Friend of the friendless, and the faint ! Where should I lodge my deep complaint ? Where but with Thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor...