The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1906 - 741 pages |
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Page xii
... truth he has made a very creditable copy from your admirable portrait of the dear departed Bard " ( i.e. , Cowper ) . The letter is quoted in Mr. Roberts ' book , vol . ii . , p . 35. There can be no doubt , considering the history of ...
... truth he has made a very creditable copy from your admirable portrait of the dear departed Bard " ( i.e. , Cowper ) . The letter is quoted in Mr. Roberts ' book , vol . ii . , p . 35. There can be no doubt , considering the history of ...
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... Truth • Expostulation • Hope Charity Conversation Retirement The Doves A Fable b · · 87 90 106 120 132 · • 148 165 • 179 198 216 · · 217 THE FIRST VOLUME OF POEMS - Continued A Comparison · CONTENTS xix Lovest Thou Me? XIX Contentment.
... Truth • Expostulation • Hope Charity Conversation Retirement The Doves A Fable b · · 87 90 106 120 132 · • 148 165 • 179 198 216 · · 217 THE FIRST VOLUME OF POEMS - Continued A Comparison · CONTENTS xix Lovest Thou Me? XIX Contentment.
Page xxiv
... Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable · The Soul that Loves God finds Him Everywhere The Testimony of Divine Adoption Divine Love Endures no Rival Self - Diffidence . The Acquiescence of Pure Love . Repose ...
... Truth and Divine Love Rejected by the World Divine Justice Amiable · The Soul that Loves God finds Him Everywhere The Testimony of Divine Adoption Divine Love Endures no Rival Self - Diffidence . The Acquiescence of Pure Love . Repose ...
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... truth is still that he has not been superseded . After all that has been done by others , he remains himself a unique personality , a poetic presence not to be put by . The peculiar impression which he made in his own day on those who ...
... truth is still that he has not been superseded . After all that has been done by others , he remains himself a unique personality , a poetic presence not to be put by . The peculiar impression which he made in his own day on those who ...
Page xxx
... truth when he says , in another of these letters : " For six or seven years after he ( Cowper ) left St. Albans he seemed to live a life of heaven upon earth , " or " I believe he never had a comfortable hour since New Year's Day 1773 ...
... truth when he says , in another of these letters : " For six or seven years after he ( Cowper ) left St. Albans he seemed to live a life of heaven upon earth , " or " I believe he never had a comfortable hour since New Year's Day 1773 ...
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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