The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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Page viii
... Task , pp . 246-393 , and this again by other pieces printed during the poet's life , pp . 393–410 . His original verse is completed by the posthumous poems to be found on pp . 411-509 . The remainder of the volume is occupied by the ...
... Task , pp . 246-393 , and this again by other pieces printed during the poet's life , pp . 393–410 . His original verse is completed by the posthumous poems to be found on pp . 411-509 . The remainder of the volume is occupied by the ...
Page xi
... Task . They were originally done for a fireplace at Yaxham Rectory , the two here given being at each side , and another , since unfortunately destroyed , forming a cross - piece over the fireplace . This last is said to have repre ...
... Task . They were originally done for a fireplace at Yaxham Rectory , the two here given being at each side , and another , since unfortunately destroyed , forming a cross - piece over the fireplace . This last is said to have repre ...
Page xiv
... Task in his sixty - first year represented with astonishing likeness by Lemuel Francis Abbott . " Lady Hesketh spoke of it as " by much the strongest likeness I ever saw . ” And that seems to have been the general feeling . Perhaps the ...
... Task in his sixty - first year represented with astonishing likeness by Lemuel Francis Abbott . " Lady Hesketh spoke of it as " by much the strongest likeness I ever saw . ” And that seems to have been the general feeling . Perhaps the ...
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... Task ' a glorious poem ? " - but it is still there . Time has not effaced it . Larger and brighter luminaries have appeared in the poetical heavens since Cowper first shone there : the places of some of them are not far from his ; but ...
... Task ' a glorious poem ? " - but it is still there . Time has not effaced it . Larger and brighter luminaries have appeared in the poetical heavens since Cowper first shone there : the places of some of them are not far from his ; but ...
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... Task are ever forgotten , it will not be because there are so many finer things in Wordsworth , but because there are so many less fine in Cowper . No one is more conscious of Cowper's faults than we who most admire and love him . No ...
... Task are ever forgotten , it will not be because there are so many finer things in Wordsworth , but because there are so many less fine in Cowper . No one is more conscious of Cowper's faults than we who most admire and love him . No ...
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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