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Page xxx
What she could do she did from first to last , but the thing wanted to be done now
was to lift Cowper out of this limited provincial atmosphere , out of Olney , out of
himself . That she could not do . She could not show him how to look beyond the
...
What she could do she did from first to last , but the thing wanted to be done now
was to lift Cowper out of this limited provincial atmosphere , out of Olney , out of
himself . That she could not do . She could not show him how to look beyond the
...
Page xxx
the horizon of Olney and its little religious world , because she did not look
beyond it herself ; she could not take him out of himself , because it was in her
company that he had come to be what he was . To call him back to himself as he
was in ...
the horizon of Olney and its little religious world , because she did not look
beyond it herself ; she could not take him out of himself , because it was in her
company that he had come to be what he was . To call him back to himself as he
was in ...
Page xxxi
But when we look back from our present vantage ground , all is there from the first
, to be found by searching , imbedded even in the rather arid sermons of the
volume of 1782 . Still more easily is it to be found in the youthful pieces which
were ...
But when we look back from our present vantage ground , all is there from the first
, to be found by searching , imbedded even in the rather arid sermons of the
volume of 1782 . Still more easily is it to be found in the youthful pieces which
were ...
Page xxxvi
Hope , " beginning with the assertion that the weariness and satiety felt by all are
only to be healed by a hope that looks beyond this life , ends by becoming almost
a denial of all hopes except those of the poet ' s own religious school ...
Hope , " beginning with the assertion that the weariness and satiety felt by all are
only to be healed by a hope that looks beyond this life , ends by becoming almost
a denial of all hopes except those of the poet ' s own religious school ...
Page xxxvii
The change may not seem a great one : but there is a world of difference
between the man who looks with delight on his own things , and the man who
looks with censoriousness upon those of others . So it is with pleasure and
gratitude to the ...
The change may not seem a great one : but there is a world of difference
between the man who looks with delight on his own things , and the man who
looks with censoriousness upon those of others . So it is with pleasure and
gratitude to the ...
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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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