The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper,esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 89
Page
... youth , men of genius are to their latest days , living on hopes which are not to be fulfilled , and dreaming on things which do not exist . But it is to the spirit that thus wanders , and mistakes the assurance of its own thoughts for ...
... youth , men of genius are to their latest days , living on hopes which are not to be fulfilled , and dreaming on things which do not exist . But it is to the spirit that thus wanders , and mistakes the assurance of its own thoughts for ...
Page
... youth a prey to ill health , and gave signs , it is said , in infancy of that nervous sensibility which , as his years increased , gradually assumed the cha- racter of a morbid melancholy . This natural tendency of his constitution was ...
... youth a prey to ill health , and gave signs , it is said , in infancy of that nervous sensibility which , as his years increased , gradually assumed the cha- racter of a morbid melancholy . This natural tendency of his constitution was ...
Page
... youth , all my life subject to inflammations of the eye , and in my boyish days had specks on both , that threatened to cover them . My father , alarmed for the consequences . sent me to a female oculist of great renown at that time ...
... youth , all my life subject to inflammations of the eye , and in my boyish days had specks on both , that threatened to cover them . My father , alarmed for the consequences . sent me to a female oculist of great renown at that time ...
Page
... youth , led to the afflictions he suffered in after years . He was weak in his physical consti- tution , timid in his temper , quick and sensitive in his feelings , and had a morbidness of temperament which gave to his fears a constant ...
... youth , led to the afflictions he suffered in after years . He was weak in his physical consti- tution , timid in his temper , quick and sensitive in his feelings , and had a morbidness of temperament which gave to his fears a constant ...
Page
... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis , or abuse ; Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say to what bar amenable were man ? With naught in charge , he could betray no ...
... youth to ruminating age , Free in his will to choose or to refuse , Man may improve the crisis , or abuse ; Else , on the fatalist's unrighteous plan , Say to what bar amenable were man ? With naught in charge , he could betray no ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth