Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views: In, Or Near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with Copious Descriptions and a Brief Sketch of the Poet's LifeVernor and Hood, 1803 - 51 páginas |
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In, Or Near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with Copious Descriptions and a Brief Sketch of the Poet's Life James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig. FILT Mllowin F urbanity of his manners . With him he continued a.
In, Or Near, the Park of Weston-Underwood, Bucks. Accompanied with Copious Descriptions and a Brief Sketch of the Poet's Life James Storer, James Sargant Storer, John Greig. FILT Mllowin F urbanity of his manners . With him he continued a.
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... continued a considerable time , a prey to settled melancholy ; this , though partly occasioned by the above circum- stance , was greatly increased by awful apprehensions of eternal vengeance ; apprehensions which had long oppressed his ...
... continued a considerable time , a prey to settled melancholy ; this , though partly occasioned by the above circum- stance , was greatly increased by awful apprehensions of eternal vengeance ; apprehensions which had long oppressed his ...
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... continued , he enjoyed many of those pleasant winter evenings described in the Task , which pocm , as he acknowledges in the preface to his second volume , was undertaken at her request . This volume was completed in the year 1784 ...
... continued , he enjoyed many of those pleasant winter evenings described in the Task , which pocm , as he acknowledges in the preface to his second volume , was undertaken at her request . This volume was completed in the year 1784 ...
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... continued application , he published , by sub- scription , his Homer ; which work , had he produced no other , would be a lasting record of his fame , as it stands unrivalled , and is the best translation of that poet in the English ...
... continued application , he published , by sub- scription , his Homer ; which work , had he produced no other , would be a lasting record of his fame , as it stands unrivalled , and is the best translation of that poet in the English ...
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... continued several weeks , and , on his return home , passed through London , and laid before the particular friends of Cowper , the slender state of his finances , in hopes , through their interest , of obtaining from His Majesty some ...
... continued several weeks , and , on his return home , passed through London , and laid before the particular friends of Cowper , the slender state of his finances , in hopes , through their interest , of obtaining from His Majesty some ...
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Página 11 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Página 19 - 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!
Página 37 - Seems sunk, and shorten'd to its topmost boughs. No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar ; paler some, And of a wannish gray ; the willow such, And poplar, that with silver lines his leaf, And ash far-stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper stillr Lord of the woods, the long-surviving oak...
Página 18 - 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!
Página 22 - And watched a poet through misfortune's vale. Her spotless dust, angelic guards defend ! It is the dust of Unwin, Cowper's friend ! That single title in itself is fame, For all who read his verse revere her name.
Página 12 - I kept him for his humour's sake. For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts, that made it ache, And force me to a smile.