The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... seen by readers of the notes that I believe Southey was right in basing his text upon the earlier editions , and not upon the subsequent corrections as most of his successors have done . The only editor who gives any considerable number ...
... seen by readers of the notes that I believe Southey was right in basing his text upon the earlier editions , and not upon the subsequent corrections as most of his successors have done . The only editor who gives any considerable number ...
Page xiii
... seen from John Johnson's letter written from Hayley's house when the Romney had just been done . ( See Letters of Lady Hesketh concerning William Cowper , 1901 , p . 19. ) Johnson speaks of Romney having drawn in crayons " a very ...
... seen from John Johnson's letter written from Hayley's house when the Romney had just been done . ( See Letters of Lady Hesketh concerning William Cowper , 1901 , p . 19. ) Johnson speaks of Romney having drawn in crayons " a very ...
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... seen its object for the last time , after his life had been twice shattered by the most awful of human diseases , and even after he had so definitely realized that it could be nothing more than a memory as to have contemplated a union ...
... seen its object for the last time , after his life had been twice shattered by the most awful of human diseases , and even after he had so definitely realized that it could be nothing more than a memory as to have contemplated a union ...
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... seen his first volume or not is uncertain ; if so , she had perhaps concluded that he was still in a state in which correspondence could only consist of sermons on the one side and vain attempts on the other to go back to lighter ...
... seen his first volume or not is uncertain ; if so , she had perhaps concluded that he was still in a state in which correspondence could only consist of sermons on the one side and vain attempts on the other to go back to lighter ...
Page xxx
... seen a detailed description , the two bottles on the table at the afternoon dessert were of port and of calcavella . A young cousin of Cowper's , one John Johnson , grandson of his uncle Roger Donne , came over to see him from Cambridge ...
... seen a detailed description , the two bottles on the table at the afternoon dessert were of port and of calcavella . A young cousin of Cowper's , one John Johnson , grandson of his uncle Roger Donne , came over to see him from Cambridge ...
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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