The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of InformationR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1833 - 487 pages |
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... Hayley omitted the insertion of several interesting letters in his excellent Life of the poet , out of kindness to his readers . In doing this , however amiable and considerate his caution must appear , the gloominess which he has taken ...
... Hayley omitted the insertion of several interesting letters in his excellent Life of the poet , out of kindness to his readers . In doing this , however amiable and considerate his caution must appear , the gloominess which he has taken ...
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... Hayley . The author of this memoir has attempted not only to bring the sub- stance of these six volumes into one , but to commu- nicate information respecting the poet which cannot be found in either of those works . He is fully aware ...
... Hayley . The author of this memoir has attempted not only to bring the sub- stance of these six volumes into one , but to commu- nicate information respecting the poet which cannot be found in either of those works . He is fully aware ...
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... Hayley , ' a better oculist than the lady who had had him under her care . ' Such was the character of young Cowper , in his eighteenth year , when he left Westminster School , He had made a respectable proficiency in all his studies ...
... Hayley , ' a better oculist than the lady who had had him under her care . ' Such was the character of young Cowper , in his eighteenth year , when he left Westminster School , He had made a respectable proficiency in all his studies ...
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... Hayley justly observes , The law is a kind of soldiership , and , like the profession of arms , it may be said to require for the constitution of its heroes , ' A frame of adamant , a soul of fire . ' ' The soul of Cowper had , indeed ...
... Hayley justly observes , The law is a kind of soldiership , and , like the profession of arms , it may be said to require for the constitution of its heroes , ' A frame of adamant , a soul of fire . ' ' The soul of Cowper had , indeed ...
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... Hayley ; they appeared in the months of May , August , and September 1756 , and are productions of more than ordinary interest . The following extract from a playful poetic epistle , addressed to that gentleman , will be read with ...
... Hayley ; they appeared in the months of May , August , and September 1756 , and are productions of more than ordinary interest . The following extract from a playful poetic epistle , addressed to that gentleman , will be read with ...
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Page 366 - Thy indistinct expressions seem Like language utter'd in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary...
Page 413 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Page 26 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 3 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief. Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Page 52 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 63 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 4 - Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may; Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in heaven, though little noticed here.
Page 41 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Page 393 - Anson's tear: And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date: But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone: But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.
Page 4 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...