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Page xix
Prayer for Patience XLV . Submission . XLVI . The Happy Change . XLVII .
Retirement XLVIII . The Hidden Life . XLIX . Joy and Peace in Believing L . True
Pleasures . . LI . The Christian . . LII . Lively Hope and Gracious Fear . LIII . For the
Poor .
Prayer for Patience XLV . Submission . XLVI . The Happy Change . XLVII .
Retirement XLVIII . The Hidden Life . XLIX . Joy and Peace in Believing L . True
Pleasures . . LI . The Christian . . LII . Lively Hope and Gracious Fear . LIII . For the
Poor .
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... during which he was insane ) he might seem to have got together most of the
ingredients whose mixture makes the sweetest cup of happiness middle - aged
bachelors can hope to taste . His health and fortune were as good as anybody
has ...
... during which he was insane ) he might seem to have got together most of the
ingredients whose mixture makes the sweetest cup of happiness middle - aged
bachelors can hope to taste . His health and fortune were as good as anybody
has ...
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He now undertook to render a last heroic service , the only one that seemed to
promise any hope for the unhappy poet . In July , 1795 , he persuaded Cowper
and Mrs . Unwin to come with him to Norfolk . Cowper was sunk in the
profoundest ...
He now undertook to render a last heroic service , the only one that seemed to
promise any hope for the unhappy poet . In July , 1795 , he persuaded Cowper
and Mrs . Unwin to come with him to Norfolk . Cowper was sunk in the
profoundest ...
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Mr . Johnson ' s unselfish affection spared no effort in the hope of Cowper ' s
restoration ; but , though he had his better days as well as his worse , nothing
approaching health or happiness , or hope , ever came to him again . He and Mrs
...
Mr . Johnson ' s unselfish affection spared no effort in the hope of Cowper ' s
restoration ; but , though he had his better days as well as his worse , nothing
approaching health or happiness , or hope , ever came to him again . He and Mrs
...
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The bulk of the book consists of the eight satires , “ Table Talk , ” « The Progress
of Error , " “ Truth , ” “ Expostulation , ” “ Hope , " “ Charity , " “ Conversation , ” and
“ Retirement . ” “ Table Talk ” was placed first , as less likely than its successors ...
The bulk of the book consists of the eight satires , “ Table Talk , ” « The Progress
of Error , " “ Truth , ” “ Expostulation , ” “ Hope , " “ Charity , " “ Conversation , ” and
“ Retirement . ” “ Table Talk ” was placed first , as less likely than its successors ...
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Page 39 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Page 31 - OH for a closer walk with God ! A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Page 271 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Page 429 - Toll for the brave ! Brave KEMPENFELT is gone ! His last sea-fight is fought ! His work of glory done ! It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ! She sprang no fatal leak ! She ran upon no rock...
Page 300 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 215 - AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Page 386 - Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Page 265 - Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ! that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Page 49 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Page 332 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and though poor perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. — His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who with filial confidence inspired Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Poems of William Cowper |
| Author | William Cowper |
| Publisher | Methuen and Company, 1905 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 741 pages |
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