The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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... standing very close . For weeks or months no sign of it appeared except his obstinate refusal to enter a church or even to join in the devotional exercises of his own household . Such a conviction to such a man could not but be a large ...
... standing very close . For weeks or months no sign of it appeared except his obstinate refusal to enter a church or even to join in the devotional exercises of his own household . Such a conviction to such a man could not but be a large ...
Page xxx
... stand side by side with his own in the chiffonier : and we are told that not only Latium , " but Greece , France , and Caledonia con- tributed their poets , and even " the new world attuned her infant 66 lyre , " in Cowper's library ...
... stand side by side with his own in the chiffonier : and we are told that not only Latium , " but Greece , France , and Caledonia con- tributed their poets , and even " the new world attuned her infant 66 lyre , " in Cowper's library ...
Page xliii
... . There , fast - rooted in his bank , Stand , never overlooked , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The INTRODUCTION xliii.
... . There , fast - rooted in his bank , Stand , never overlooked , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond and overthwart the stream That as with molten glass inlays the vale , The INTRODUCTION xliii.
Page lvi
... stands alone among his works in being rather akin to Shakespeare than to Milton , both in the particular vein of reflection and in the movement of the blank verse . And again- " Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball , Which babes ...
... stands alone among his works in being rather akin to Shakespeare than to Milton , both in the particular vein of reflection and in the movement of the blank verse . And again- " Thou wast a bauble once ; a cup and ball , Which babes ...
Page lxv
... stand or even to set her foot properly under her . She called to me to save her while she was in the act of falling , and I was with her just soon enough to prevent her coming to the ground . From that day to this she has indeed been in ...
... stand or even to set her foot properly under her . She called to me to save her while she was in the act of falling , and I was with her just soon enough to prevent her coming to the ground . From that day to this she has indeed been in ...
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