The Poetical Works of William Cowper, 第 1 巻William Pickering, 1830 |
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... that Society ; and about this period he obtained the situation of Commissioner of Bankrupts . But the law oc- cupied little of his thoughts , for soon after he settled in the Temple he was , he says , X MEMOIR OF COWPER.
... that Society ; and about this period he obtained the situation of Commissioner of Bankrupts . But the law oc- cupied little of his thoughts , for soon after he settled in the Temple he was , he says , X MEMOIR OF COWPER.
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... thought such an author more likely to nourish my disorder than to remove it . In this state of mind I continued near a twelvemonth ; when , having experienced the inefficacy of all human means , I at length betook myself to God in ...
... thought such an author more likely to nourish my disorder than to remove it . In this state of mind I continued near a twelvemonth ; when , having experienced the inefficacy of all human means , I at length betook myself to God in ...
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... thoughts from the prospect which distressed him . " About the beginning of October , 1763 , " he proceeds , " I was again required to attend the office , and to prepare for the push . This no sooner took place , than all my misery ...
... thoughts from the prospect which distressed him . " About the beginning of October , 1763 , " he proceeds , " I was again required to attend the office , and to prepare for the push . This no sooner took place , than all my misery ...
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... the God of our Salvation for such companions , and for such a life , above all for a heart to like it . " I have had many anxious thoughts about taking Orders , and I believe every new convert is MEMOIR OF COWPER . xxi.
... the God of our Salvation for such companions , and for such a life , above all for a heart to like it . " I have had many anxious thoughts about taking Orders , and I believe every new convert is MEMOIR OF COWPER . xxi.
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... thoughts . Excepting that he occasionally indulged his taste for a garden , and in mechanical labour , all his time was given to writing hymns , to prayer meetings , or in spiritual conversations with Mr. Newton , whose opinions appear ...
... thoughts . Excepting that he occasionally indulged his taste for a garden , and in mechanical labour , all his time was given to writing hymns , to prayer meetings , or in spiritual conversations with Mr. Newton , whose opinions appear ...
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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205 ページ - I 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.
256 ページ - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
243 ページ - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
195 ページ - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
208 ページ - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
xi ページ - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
246 ページ - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
191 ページ - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
139 ページ - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
xiv ページ - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.