The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... Cause Won The Silkworm · The Innocent Thief Denner's Old Woman The Tears of a Painter The Maze . PAGE 583 584 587 594 596 597 597 597 598 598 599 599 600 600 600 · 601 603 · 604 604 605 · 606 · 606 • 607 608 609 609 610 611 · 611 • 612 ...
... Cause Won The Silkworm · The Innocent Thief Denner's Old Woman The Tears of a Painter The Maze . PAGE 583 584 587 594 596 597 597 597 598 598 599 599 600 600 600 · 601 603 · 604 604 605 · 606 · 606 • 607 608 609 609 610 611 · 611 • 612 ...
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... cause of the catastrophe of the year 1773. But though he gives us some interesting information , such as that the central hallucination which afflicted Cowper for the rest of his life was a persuasion that he had received the Divine ...
... cause of the catastrophe of the year 1773. But though he gives us some interesting information , such as that the central hallucination which afflicted Cowper for the rest of his life was a persuasion that he had received the Divine ...
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... cause of his too frequent triviality . If he could have added something more of artistic seriousness to his spontaneity , he would have known that , though the highest poetry finds its origin in these suggestions from within that arise ...
... cause of his too frequent triviality . If he could have added something more of artistic seriousness to his spontaneity , he would have known that , though the highest poetry finds its origin in these suggestions from within that arise ...
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... cause with which I will not darken a letter that I have begun in good spirits . But if you are inclined to suspicions and surmises of duplicity , what do you think must mine be , who learn from yourself that you have been in the north ...
... cause with which I will not darken a letter that I have begun in good spirits . But if you are inclined to suspicions and surmises of duplicity , what do you think must mine be , who learn from yourself that you have been in the north ...
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... cause therefore to be thankful both to you and to the Rose , who have relieved me from so great a part of my burden , and have brought this affair to an issue honourable , and therefore perfectly satisfactory , to me . I have nothing to ...
... cause therefore to be thankful both to you and to the Rose , who have relieved me from so great a part of my burden , and have brought this affair to an issue honourable , and therefore perfectly satisfactory , to me . I have nothing to ...
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