The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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... turn a newspaper account of the wreck of the Royal George into one of the finest lyrics of the kind in our language , and to praise the unselfishness of men like Whitefield and Howard . Cowper's religious opinions are more difficult to ...
... turn a newspaper account of the wreck of the Royal George into one of the finest lyrics of the kind in our language , and to praise the unselfishness of men like Whitefield and Howard . Cowper's religious opinions are more difficult to ...
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... turn of his blank verse , if for his fables he reminds us of Gay and of Edward Moore , 2 if the prose style of his letters has the ease , sweetness , and finish that carries on the tradition of 2 1712-1757 . 1 Cf. ll . 219-278 ...
... turn of his blank verse , if for his fables he reminds us of Gay and of Edward Moore , 2 if the prose style of his letters has the ease , sweetness , and finish that carries on the tradition of 2 1712-1757 . 1 Cf. ll . 219-278 ...
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... Turning to poetry at first as a distraction from morbid thoughts , Cowper felt his genius rapidly develop , and his desire to get away from himself resulted in his be- coming what his French critic , Sainte - Beuve , calls one of the ...
... Turning to poetry at first as a distraction from morbid thoughts , Cowper felt his genius rapidly develop , and his desire to get away from himself resulted in his be- coming what his French critic , Sainte - Beuve , calls one of the ...
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... turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And sends thee to thy cabin , well prepared To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . To tempt us in thy ...
... turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And sends thee to thy cabin , well prepared To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . To tempt us in thy ...
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... turns , The expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win , — To arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And ...
... turns , The expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind resorts , in chase of terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win , — To arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind , and hold them fast , And ...
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Página 252 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 166 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Página 80 - 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.
Página 175 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Página 194 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 176 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Página 271 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Página 166 - 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.
Página 193 - I 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.
Página 167 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...