The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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Page xxx
... hours apart . Mr. Newton , with the best intentions and the worst result , induced Cowper to take a public part in his prayer - meetings , to visit among his parishioners and discuss their religious experiences , and to write hymns ...
... hours apart . Mr. Newton , with the best intentions and the worst result , induced Cowper to take a public part in his prayer - meetings , to visit among his parishioners and discuss their religious experiences , and to write hymns ...
Page xxx
... hour since New Year's Day 1773 , the last day of his attendance upon public worship . " Such a man is sure to have exaggerated both the early happiness and the later unhappiness . With the innocent pleasures which brightened Cowper's ...
... hour since New Year's Day 1773 , the last day of his attendance upon public worship . " Such a man is sure to have exaggerated both the early happiness and the later unhappiness . With the innocent pleasures which brightened Cowper's ...
Page xlii
... hours that sorrow since has much endeared , How oft , my slice of pocket store consumed , Still hungering , penniless , and far from home , I fed on scarlet hips and stony haws , Or blushing crabs , or berries that emboss The bramble ...
... hours that sorrow since has much endeared , How oft , my slice of pocket store consumed , Still hungering , penniless , and far from home , I fed on scarlet hips and stony haws , Or blushing crabs , or berries that emboss The bramble ...
Page xlix
... hours of commonplace people , he loses at times by the very effort to act on that knowledge . If Cowper suffers ... hour he is less clear - sighted , never has a good word for the Whig Opposition , and never seems to have understood ...
... hours of commonplace people , he loses at times by the very effort to act on that knowledge . If Cowper suffers ... hour he is less clear - sighted , never has a good word for the Whig Opposition , and never seems to have understood ...
Page lvi
... hours , and all hours , and I am sure you would scorn the imputation on me . I am just what I was , just what you left me , the same feeling , fretful , fond , and I will say faithful , creature you once knew me . ' " " " Valediction ...
... hours , and all hours , and I am sure you would scorn the imputation on me . I am just what I was , just what you left me , the same feeling , fretful , fond , and I will say faithful , creature you once knew me . ' " " " Valediction ...
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