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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... volume , entitled OLNEY HYMNS ; an undertaking eminently adapted to the genius of Cowper , as may appear by the following ex- tract , in which the most beautiful imagery and the most devout effusions of piety are happily combined : 47 ...
... volume , entitled OLNEY HYMNS ; an undertaking eminently adapted to the genius of Cowper , as may appear by the following ex- tract , in which the most beautiful imagery and the most devout effusions of piety are happily combined : 47 ...
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... volume of his poems was writ- ten , with the exception of a few small pieces , by the persuasion of Mrs. Unwin , who perceived the necessi- ty of employing his active mind , to prevent its verging to that particular train of thinking ...
... volume of his poems was writ- ten , with the exception of a few small pieces , by the persuasion of Mrs. Unwin , who perceived the necessi- ty of employing his active mind , to prevent its verging to that particular train of thinking ...
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... volume , his merit was discerned and acknowledged , and Cowper has since stood unrivalled among the poets of this age . In the year 1781 , he became acquainted with Lady Austin , the widow of Sir Robert Austin , Bart . and so highly was ...
... volume , his merit was discerned and acknowledged , and Cowper has since stood unrivalled among the poets of this age . In the year 1781 , he became acquainted with Lady Austin , the widow of Sir Robert Austin , Bart . and so highly was ...
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... volume , was undertaken at her request . This volume was completed in the year 1784 ; shortly afterwards he commenced that arduous under- taking , the translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey . This was the busiest scene of Cowper's ...
... volume , was undertaken at her request . This volume was completed in the year 1784 ; shortly afterwards he commenced that arduous under- taking , the translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey . This was the busiest scene of Cowper's ...
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Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views: In, Or Near, the Park of Weston ... James Storer Visualização integral - 1810 |
Cowper, Illustrated by a Series of Views: In, Or Near, the Park of Weston ... James Storer,James Sargant Storer,John Greig Visualização integral - 1803 |
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appears ascent Avenue beauties Book bordered Brook bust canopy of spreading Chapel Street Pentonville Clifton Cowper wrote Dereham Drawn & Engraved Drawn by Jn elms eminence Engraved by Jn fame flowering shrubs foliage following lines FOUNDATIONS L Drawn friendship gate gentleman graceful arch Grove handsome Hayley Hertfordshire high walk Homer inclosed inclosure Jn Greig Kilnwick Lady Austin LENOX AND TILDEN LIBRARY R ASTOR little Naïad London Publishd mind Moss Neptune Newton occasioned OLNEY CHURCH Ouse overpowered his reason Peasant's Nest Pentonville May 11803 poem poet Poultry Ja Storer Publish'd by Vernor Published by Verner Robert Throckmorton Rustic Bridge Seat of George seen the Alcove shade Sir John Throckmorton Spaniel summer TILDEN FOUNDATIONS town of Olney trees Unwin vale Verner & Heed Vernor & Hood Vide the Task village of Emberton WESTON HOUSE WESTON LODGE Weston Park WILDERNESS William Hayley winding path YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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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.