The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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Page xxxi
... delightful of human beings . It is true that , when we come to go through his work in the order of its appearance , we see that this is an impression which could only grow up gradually . The stream of poetry is at first too thin to be ...
... delightful of human beings . It is true that , when we come to go through his work in the order of its appearance , we see that this is an impression which could only grow up gradually . The stream of poetry is at first too thin to be ...
Page xxxvii
... delight on his own things , and the man who looks with censoriousness upon those of others . So it is with pleasure and gratitude to the new inspirer of his Muse that we see Cowper pass from the vigorous opening passage which describes ...
... delight on his own things , and the man who looks with censoriousness upon those of others . So it is with pleasure and gratitude to the new inspirer of his Muse that we see Cowper pass from the vigorous opening passage which describes ...
Page xxxviii
... delightful line— " In some safe haven of our western world . ” For his humour , never at all so perfect in his verse as in his letters , I should refer the inquirer to " Conversation . " It is no doubt of a somewhat old - maidish ...
... delightful line— " In some safe haven of our western world . ” For his humour , never at all so perfect in his verse as in his letters , I should refer the inquirer to " Conversation . " It is no doubt of a somewhat old - maidish ...
Page xlii
... delights of the sofa , but such cruel chance of realizing them I may hope never to experience— " For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropped by nibbling sheep And skirted thick with intertexture firm ...
... delights of the sofa , but such cruel chance of realizing them I may hope never to experience— " For I have loved the rural walk through lanes Of grassy swarth , close cropped by nibbling sheep And skirted thick with intertexture firm ...
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... delightful it is ! " The night was winter in his roughest mood , The morning sharp and clear . But now at noon , Upon the southern side of the slant hills , And where the woods fence off the northern blast , The season smiles ...
... delightful it is ! " The night was winter in his roughest mood , The morning sharp and clear . But now at noon , Upon the southern side of the slant hills , And where the woods fence off the northern blast , The season smiles ...
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