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Page xxxiv
But his narrowness of creed , and indeed of mind , allows him to define on these
high themes : with the confident and ... no strictly religious subject that brings him
out best as a poet ; but rather his own special theme , the praise of Retirement .
But his narrowness of creed , and indeed of mind , allows him to define on these
high themes : with the confident and ... no strictly religious subject that brings him
out best as a poet ; but rather his own special theme , the praise of Retirement .
Page xxxvi
The negative merit which is the main theme of the satires begins. * It is true that
Cowper wrote to Lady Hesketh in 1786 ( Jan . 16 ) that he had published his first
volume before Lady Austen came . But his memory deceived him . The letters to ...
The negative merit which is the main theme of the satires begins. * It is true that
Cowper wrote to Lady Hesketh in 1786 ( Jan . 16 ) that he had published his first
volume before Lady Austen came . But his memory deceived him . The letters to ...
Page xxxvii
merit which is the main theme of the satires begins to be forgotten in the positive ,
which is the main theme of the best parts of the “ Task . ” The change may not
seem a great one : but there is a world of difference between the man who looks
...
merit which is the main theme of the satires begins to be forgotten in the positive ,
which is the main theme of the best parts of the “ Task . ” The change may not
seem a great one : but there is a world of difference between the man who looks
...
Page xlvi
The theme of the third book , the “ Garden , ” is the innocent happiness and
various occupations of the man“ whom the world Calls idle , and who justly in
return Esteems that busy world an idler too . " In the main , it is a Georgic on
gardening ...
The theme of the third book , the “ Garden , ” is the innocent happiness and
various occupations of the man“ whom the world Calls idle , and who justly in
return Esteems that busy world an idler too . " In the main , it is a Georgic on
gardening ...
Page li
There he must , on the whole , be held to fail : he has neither the profundity of
mind nor the greatness of style called for by such a theme . Here , too , as
elsewhere , the narrowness of his creed is in his way . Poetry demands a
freedom of ...
There he must , on the whole , be held to fail : he has neither the profundity of
mind nor the greatness of style called for by such a theme . Here , too , as
elsewhere , the narrowness of his creed is in his way . Poetry demands a
freedom of ...
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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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