The Poetical Works of William Cowper, 第 1 巻William Pickering, 1830 |
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William Cowper. MEMOIR OF COWPER . -Formed by Nature , as by Virtue form'd To polish , to instruct , improve thy age : To give to Poetry a sacred charm Unfelt before , and in one hallow'd theme , To blend the Seraph's with the Poet's ...
William Cowper. MEMOIR OF COWPER . -Formed by Nature , as by Virtue form'd To polish , to instruct , improve thy age : To give to Poetry a sacred charm Unfelt before , and in one hallow'd theme , To blend the Seraph's with the Poet's ...
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... man I ever knew . His natural and acquired endow- ments are very considerable , and as to his virtues , I need only say , that he is a Christian . It ought to be a matter of daily thanksgiving to me , MEMOIR OF COWPER . xix.
... man I ever knew . His natural and acquired endow- ments are very considerable , and as to his virtues , I need only say , that he is a Christian . It ought to be a matter of daily thanksgiving to me , MEMOIR OF COWPER . xix.
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... virtue always wears , When gay good humour dresses her in smiles ! He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred , and was honour'd , loved , and wept By more than one , themselves conspicuous there . Towards the end of the year ...
... virtue always wears , When gay good humour dresses her in smiles ! He graced a college , in which order yet Was sacred , and was honour'd , loved , and wept By more than one , themselves conspicuous there . Towards the end of the year ...
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... virtues form'd the magic of his song . Hayley thus describes Cowper's person and deportment : " From his figure , as it first appeared to me in his sixty - second year , I should imagine that he must have been very comely in his youth ...
... virtues form'd the magic of his song . Hayley thus describes Cowper's person and deportment : " From his figure , as it first appeared to me in his sixty - second year , I should imagine that he must have been very comely in his youth ...
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... draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men man owes His portion in the good that heaven bestows . VOL . I. • B And when recording history displays Feats of renown , though TABLE TALK.
... draws , And will prevail or perish in her cause . ' Tis to the virtues of such men man owes His portion in the good that heaven bestows . VOL . I. • B And when recording history displays Feats of renown , though TABLE TALK.
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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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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.