The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volumen6Saunders & Otley, 1835 |
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Página viii
... streams of fire . But it is , we be- lieve , an unheard - of poetical phenomenon , for a mind teeming with such tendencies and capa- bilities as that of Cowper , to sleep through so long a period , and , at length , suddenly to awake ...
... streams of fire . But it is , we be- lieve , an unheard - of poetical phenomenon , for a mind teeming with such tendencies and capa- bilities as that of Cowper , to sleep through so long a period , and , at length , suddenly to awake ...
Página xi
... streams of consolation over the path of others . How truly may it be said of such persons , " Sic vos , non vobis , mellifi- catis apes . " But , whilst we speak of certain peculiarities in the case of Cowper , as calculated to destroy ...
... streams of consolation over the path of others . How truly may it be said of such persons , " Sic vos , non vobis , mellifi- catis apes . " But , whilst we speak of certain peculiarities in the case of Cowper , as calculated to destroy ...
Página xiv
... stream at eve . " It is true , that every enthusiastic lover of nature is not a poet : but a man can scarcely rise to the dignity of that high office who has not a touch of this enthusiasm . Poetry is es- sentially an imitative art ...
... stream at eve . " It is true , that every enthusiastic lover of nature is not a poet : but a man can scarcely rise to the dignity of that high office who has not a touch of this enthusiasm . Poetry is es- sentially an imitative art ...
Página xxxiv
... streams of our national composition are to be drawn . It is next to be noticed , as to the style of Cowper , that it is as nervous as it is clear and unpretending . It is impossible to compare the works of Addison , and others of the ...
... streams of our national composition are to be drawn . It is next to be noticed , as to the style of Cowper , that it is as nervous as it is clear and unpretending . It is impossible to compare the works of Addison , and others of the ...
Página xxxvi
... stream which presents itself ; Cowper draws only from the purest fountains . It has been said of Sterne , that he hides his pearls in a ditch , and forces his readers to dive for them ; but the witticisms of Cowper are as well calcu ...
... stream which presents itself ; Cowper draws only from the purest fountains . It has been said of Sterne , that he hides his pearls in a ditch , and forces his readers to dive for them ; but the witticisms of Cowper are as well calcu ...
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beauty beneath bids blasphemy blest boast breath call'd cause Charity charms Cowper delight divine dream e'en earth effeminacy eyes fair fancy fear feel fire folly fools form'd frown genius give glory God's golden ear grace Greece hand happy hast heart Heaven heavenly honour hope hour human kindled labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mercy Mighty winds mind muse Naiads nature never o'er once peace perhaps Pharisee pity pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry praise pride proud prove racter rapture religion Rome rude sacred satire scene scorn scorn'd Scripture shame shine sight skies slave smile song soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sublime sweet tardy taste teach telescopic eye thee theme thine thou thought thousand toil tongue tremble trifler true truth Twas verse VIRG virtue waste WILLIAM COWPER wisdom wonder youth zeal
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Página xlvii - Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou caust, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away ! " In like manner the Millennium of Cowper is at least not inferior to the Messiah of Pope.
Página 224 - Stand, never overlooked, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear ; Groves, heaths, and smoking villages remote.
Página 206 - 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 distress'd.
Página xx - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página xlviii - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 249 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Página 208 - Nor those of learn'd philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark...
Página xlii - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown : No traveller ever reached that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briars in his road.
Página 210 - 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.
Página 256 - Suspend the effect or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means since first he made the world, And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Formed for his use, and ready at his will...