The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of InformationR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1833 - 487 páginas |
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... lady , it has been justly remarked by his relative and biographer , Dr. John- son , ' That the highest blood in the realm flowed in the veins of the modest and unassuming Cow- per ; his mother having descended through the families of ...
... lady , it has been justly remarked by his relative and biographer , Dr. John- son , ' That the highest blood in the realm flowed in the veins of the modest and unassuming Cow- per ; his mother having descended through the families of ...
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... lady's family , religion was neither known nor practised ; the slightest appearance of it , in any shape , was carefully guarded against ; and even its outward forms were entirely unobserved . In a situation like this , it was not to be ...
... lady's family , religion was neither known nor practised ; the slightest appearance of it , in any shape , was carefully guarded against ; and even its outward forms were entirely unobserved . In a situation like this , it was not to be ...
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... lady who had had him under her care . ' Such was the character of young Cowper , in his eighteenth year , when he left Westminster School , He had made a respectable proficiency in all his studies ; but notwithstanding his previous ...
... lady who had had him under her care . ' Such was the character of young Cowper , in his eighteenth year , when he left Westminster School , He had made a respectable proficiency in all his studies ; but notwithstanding his previous ...
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... lady , one of his first cousins , for whom he had long cherished a tender attachment . These fond hopes , however , were never realized . The situation required him to appear at the bar of the House of Peers ; and the apprehension of ...
... lady , one of his first cousins , for whom he had long cherished a tender attachment . These fond hopes , however , were never realized . The situation required him to appear at the bar of the House of Peers ; and the apprehension of ...
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... was not in a condition to receive instruc- tion , much less to elicit it from manuscripts , without direction . ' The following extract from a letter to his amiable cousin , Lady Hesketh , written 9th August , 1763 20 THE LIFE OF.
... was not in a condition to receive instruc- tion , much less to elicit it from manuscripts , without direction . ' The following extract from a letter to his amiable cousin , Lady Hesketh , written 9th August , 1763 20 THE LIFE OF.
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admirable adverts affection affectionate afflicted afford amiable amusement appear attention beautiful believe blank verse blessing Bodham brother character cheerful choly Christ Christian comfort conversation correspondence Cowper dear cousin death degree delightful depression despair distress divine Divine grace Eartham employed eyes faith favour feel felt following extracts give gospel grace happy Hayley heart Homer honour hope Huntingdon Iliad imagination interesting John Gilpin Johnson kind labour Lady Hesketh least less letter live malady manner means melan melancholy ment mercy Milton mind Mundesley nature never Newton occasion Olney painful perhaps piety pleased pleasure poem poet poet's poetical poetry present produce prove racter reason religion religious remarks respect rience scene scripture seemed sensible sion sorrow soul spirit suffered suppose tender thee thing thou thought tion translation truth Unwin Unwin's verse Weston WILLIAM COWPER wish write
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Página 366 - 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 413 - The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown ; No traveller ever reach'd that blest abode, Who found not thorns and briers in his road.
Página 26 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Página 3 - 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 52 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Página 63 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Página 4 - Thy constant flow of love, that knew no fall, Ne'er roughened by those cataracts and breaks, That humour interposed too often makes; All this still legible in memory's page, And still to be so to my latest age, Adds joy to duty, makes me glad to pay Such honours to thee as my numbers may; Perhaps a frail memorial, but sincere, Not scorned in heaven, though little noticed here.
Página 41 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Página 393 - Anson's tear: And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date: But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. No voice divine the storm allayed, No light propitious shone, When, snatched from all effectual aid, We perished, each alone: But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.
Página 4 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...