The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... live in the Temple , and , in 1754 , was called to the Bar . But he made no attempt to practise , and passed his time in literary and social amusements . He belonged to a club , called the Nonsense Club , which dined together on ...
... live in the Temple , and , in 1754 , was called to the Bar . But he made no attempt to practise , and passed his time in literary and social amusements . He belonged to a club , called the Nonsense Club , which dined together on ...
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... live alone in the Temple . It is difficult now to be sure of the exact nature of this melancholy , Cowper's own account of it being coloured by the religious ideas with which he emerged from the attack . He says that George Herbert's ...
... live alone in the Temple . It is difficult now to be sure of the exact nature of this melancholy , Cowper's own account of it being coloured by the religious ideas with which he emerged from the attack . He says that George Herbert's ...
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... live , To tongues unborn thy honours should remain , In other worlds and other tongues survive : In vain her shadowy arms oblivion fling , And time still urge the never - flagging wing . Think not the poet's bonds like mine to thee ! By ...
... live , To tongues unborn thy honours should remain , In other worlds and other tongues survive : In vain her shadowy arms oblivion fling , And time still urge the never - flagging wing . Think not the poet's bonds like mine to thee ! By ...
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... live for more than twenty years . It has lately been bought by Mr. Collingridge , who has generously presented it to the town , to be maintained as it is in memory of its having been the home of Cowper . The attraction which took them ...
... live for more than twenty years . It has lately been bought by Mr. Collingridge , who has generously presented it to the town , to be maintained as it is in memory of its having been the home of Cowper . The attraction which took them ...
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... live a life of heaven upon earth , " or " I believe he never had a comfortable 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 ...
... live a life of heaven upon earth , " or " I believe he never had a comfortable 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 ...
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