The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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Page xii
... dear departed Bard " ( i.e. , Cowper ) . The letter is quoted in Mr. Roberts ' book , vol . ii . , p . 35. There can be no doubt , considering the history of the miniature , that this view is correct , and that we have here a curious ...
... dear departed Bard " ( i.e. , Cowper ) . The letter is quoted in Mr. Roberts ' book , vol . ii . , p . 35. There can be no doubt , considering the history of the miniature , that this view is correct , and that we have here a curious ...
Page xliii
... dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that ...
... dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in mine , with pleasure such as love , Confirmed by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire , - Witness a joy that ...
Page lvi
... dear old friend and acquaintance , my dear Cowper , that I never lost the remembrance of the sweet counsel we took together . I have often thought of you with a most affectionate regret , and often mentioned you in terms that went not ...
... dear old friend and acquaintance , my dear Cowper , that I never lost the remembrance of the sweet counsel we took together . I have often thought of you with a most affectionate regret , and often mentioned you in terms that went not ...
Page lxiv
... dear Catharine's health , and of the good tidings you heard at Cambridge concerning the success of my Homerican labours ; all these were pleasant intimations , and for them all I thank you . The little that I have heard about Homer ...
... dear Catharine's health , and of the good tidings you heard at Cambridge concerning the success of my Homerican labours ; all these were pleasant intimations , and for them all I thank you . The little that I have heard about Homer ...
Page lxvii
... moment to do it in . I rejoice , my dear boy , that you have methodized your reading so judiciously and have put yourself into a course of study . Suffer nothing to divert you from it . Especially I rejoice NEW LETTERS lxvii.
... moment to do it in . I rejoice , my dear boy , that you have methodized your reading so judiciously and have put yourself into a course of study . Suffer nothing to divert you from it . Especially I rejoice NEW LETTERS lxvii.
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admire beauty beneath blest boast breast charms Child & Co DEAR FRIEND death Delia delight divine dream earth edition eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers GEORGE ROMNEY give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Homer honour hope John Fenn John Gilpin John Johnson Johnson Joseph Hill labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letter lines live Lord lyre mind Muse nature never Newton night numbers nymphs o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace perhaps pleasure poems poet poet's poetic portrait praise prove rest scene scorn seems shade shine skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stream sweet Task taste tears tell thee theme thine things thou art thought truth Unwin Vaughan Johnson verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER wish Yaxham youth