The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Compiled from His Correspondence and Other Authentic Sources of InformationR.B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1833 - 487 pages |
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... means of consulting them , and the four volumes by Mr. Hayley . The author of this memoir has attempted not only to bring the sub- stance of these six volumes into one , but to commu- nicate information respecting the poet which cannot ...
... means of consulting them , and the four volumes by Mr. Hayley . The author of this memoir has attempted not only to bring the sub- stance of these six volumes into one , but to commu- nicate information respecting the poet which cannot ...
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... to place within the reach of general readers , many of whom have neither the means nor the leisure to consult larger works , all that is really interesting respecting that singularly afflicted indi- vidual , whose productions PREFACE . vii.
... to place within the reach of general readers , many of whom have neither the means nor the leisure to consult larger works , all that is really interesting respecting that singularly afflicted indi- vidual , whose productions PREFACE . vii.
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... mean , while thus I knit My thread - bare sentiments together , To shew my genius or my wit , When God and you know I have neither ; Or such as might be better shewn , By letting poetry alone . ' Tis not with either of these views That ...
... mean , while thus I knit My thread - bare sentiments together , To shew my genius or my wit , When God and you know I have neither ; Or such as might be better shewn , By letting poetry alone . ' Tis not with either of these views That ...
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... means , I at length betook myself to God in prayer . Such is the rank our Redeemer holds in our esteem , that we never resort to him but in the last instance , when all creatures have failed to succour us ! My hard heart was at length ...
... means , I at length betook myself to God in prayer . Such is the rank our Redeemer holds in our esteem , that we never resort to him but in the last instance , when all creatures have failed to succour us ! My hard heart was at length ...
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... means , he turned the blessing into a poison ; teaching me to conclude , that nothing but a continued circle of diversion , and indulgence of appetite , could secure me from a relapse . Acting upon this false and per- nicious principle ...
... means , he turned the blessing into a poison ; teaching me to conclude , that nothing but a continued circle of diversion , and indulgence of appetite , could secure me from a relapse . Acting upon this false and per- nicious principle ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 52 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 41 - The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree ; And seem by Thy sweet bounty made For those who follow Thee.
Page 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.
Page 4 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...