The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Том 1William Pickering, 1830 |
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... wishes attend Mr. Cowper , and all that inquire after me . May God be with you to bless you , and do you good by all his dis- pensations ; don't forget me when you are speak- ing to our best Friend before his mercy seat . " Yours ever ...
... wishes attend Mr. Cowper , and all that inquire after me . May God be with you to bless you , and do you good by all his dis- pensations ; don't forget me when you are speak- ing to our best Friend before his mercy seat . " Yours ever ...
Стр. xl
... wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation itself would be welcome to me , so it were not a vicious one ; but however earnestly invited , it is coy , and keeps at a distance . Yet with all this distressing gloom upon my mind , I ...
... wish for more attention , I for less . Dissipation itself would be welcome to me , so it were not a vicious one ; but however earnestly invited , it is coy , and keeps at a distance . Yet with all this distressing gloom upon my mind , I ...
Стр. xliii
... wish you always to read me with the closest attention and to give my lines as strict a scrutiny as you can find time for some things always escape a writer , which yet strike a judicious reader perhaps at the first view ; and while you ...
... wish you always to read me with the closest attention and to give my lines as strict a scrutiny as you can find time for some things always escape a writer , which yet strike a judicious reader perhaps at the first view ; and while you ...
Стр. xlvii
... Much good may they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
... Much good may they do them ! May they become as wise as the writer wishes them , and they will be much hap- pier than he ! I know there is in the book that wisdom which cometh from above , because it was from MEMOIR OF COWPER . xlvii.
Стр. xlix
... wish to stand upon . " Indications of the presence of his malady are sometimes perceptible even in the most cheerful of his letters , and the conclusion of one , on miscellaneous subjects , to Mr. Newton , in Febru- ary , 1783 , is in ...
... wish to stand upon . " Indications of the presence of his malady are sometimes perceptible even in the most cheerful of his letters , and the conclusion of one , on miscellaneous subjects , to Mr. Newton , in Febru- ary , 1783 , is in ...
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beneath bids blessings blest boast call'd charms Cowper dear delight divine dream e'en earth Eartham East Dereham eyes fancy fear feel fire folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy hast Hayley hear heart heaven Hertfordshire hope hour House of Lords Iliad JOHN GILPIN JOHN NEWTON labour land letter light live Lord lust lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature never night o'er Olney once pain Parnassian peace pity pleasure poem poet poet's poor praise pride prove sacred scene scorn Scripture seem'd shine sight Sir Robert Austen skies slave smile song soon sorrow soul Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine things thou thought tongue trifler truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM PICKERING wisdom woes wonder zeal
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Стр. 205 - 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.
Стр. 256 - Stop thief! stop thief! — a highwayman! Not one of them was mute; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space; The toll-men thinking as before That Gilpin rode a race.
Стр. 243 - I'll go too, He will lose none by me, though I get a few." His scruples thus silenced, Tom felt more at ease, And went with his comrades the apples to seize ; He blamed and protested, but join'd in the plan : He shared in the plunder, but pitied the man.
Стр. 195 - I praise the Frenchman,* his remark was shrewd — How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude ! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, Whom I may whisper— solitude is sweet.
Стр. 208 - So when a child, as playful children use, Has burnt to tinder a stale last year's news, The flame extinct, he views the roving fire — There goes my lady, and there goes the squire, There goes the parson, oh ! illustrious spark, And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk ! REPORT • OF AN ADJUDGED CASE NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OF THE BOOKS.
Стр. xi - I was struck, not long after my settlement in the Temple, with such a dejection of spirits, as none but they who have felt the same, can have the least conception of. Day and night I was upon the rack, lying down in horror, and rising up in despair.^ I presently lost all relish for those studies to which I had before * Ashley Cowper, Esq.
Стр. 246 - John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Стр. 191 - Tis easy to resign a toilsome place, But not to manage leisure with a grace : Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind- quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Стр. 139 - Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign...
Стр. xiv - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.