The Works of William Cowper: His Life and Letters, Volume 4Saunders & Otley, 1835 |
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... heard a nightingale sing on new year's day ; departure of Lady Hesketh ; expected visit of Mr. Rose 336 Verses addressed to " The Nightingale which the author heard on new year's day , 1792 " To the Rev. John Newton , March 18 , 1792 ...
... heard a nightingale sing on new year's day ; departure of Lady Hesketh ; expected visit of Mr. Rose 336 Verses addressed to " The Nightingale which the author heard on new year's day , 1792 " To the Rev. John Newton , March 18 , 1792 ...
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... heard of this splendid act of national generosity , he lifted up his feeble hands to heaven , exclaiming , " Thank God , that I have lived to see my country give twenty millions to abolish slavery . ” The noble grant of the British and ...
... heard of this splendid act of national generosity , he lifted up his feeble hands to heaven , exclaiming , " Thank God , that I have lived to see my country give twenty millions to abolish slavery . ” The noble grant of the British and ...
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... since , that a certain library of mine , concern- ing which I have heard no other tidings these five- and twenty years , is still in being . Hue. * Private Correspondence . * Lady Balgonie . W. C. † Dr. Ford was 16 LIFE OF COWPER .
... since , that a certain library of mine , concern- ing which I have heard no other tidings these five- and twenty years , is still in being . Hue. * Private Correspondence . * Lady Balgonie . W. C. † Dr. Ford was 16 LIFE OF COWPER .
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... heard nothing of the Powleys since they left us , a fortnight ago , and should be uneasy at their silence on such an occasion , did we not know that she cannot write , and that he , on his first return to his parish after a long absence ...
... heard nothing of the Powleys since they left us , a fortnight ago , and should be uneasy at their silence on such an occasion , did we not know that she cannot write , and that he , on his first return to his parish after a long absence ...
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... heard them all well spoken of . But there are very few things of my own composition that I can endure to read , when they have been written a month , though at first they seem to me to be all perfection . Mrs. Unwin , who has been much ...
... heard them all well spoken of . But there are very few things of my own composition that I can endure to read , when they have been written a month , though at first they seem to me to be all perfection . Mrs. Unwin , who has been much ...
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Adieu affectionate beautiful believe blank verse Bodham cousin Cowper dear friend dear madam dearest expect favour feel French Revolution Friend-I George Throckmorton give glad happy hear heard heart Homer honour hope Iliad JOHN JOHNSON JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL kind KING labour Lace-maker Lady Hesketh lately learned least less letter live Lodge London Lord March 12 Mattishall mean mention Milton mind morning never Newport Pagnel obliged occasion Odyssey perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poetry present Private Correspondence racter reason received rejoice respect SAMUEL ROSE seems seen sent silence sincerely soon spirit suppose taste tell thank thee thing thou thought Throckmorton tion told translation truly truth Unwin verses Villoison W. C. TO LADY W. C. TO SAMUEL WALTER BAGOT Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write written
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Page 158 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse, that bore thee, slow, away, And turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? — It was. — Where thou art gone, Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return.
Page 217 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 14 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
Page 6 - With daring aims irregularly great; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by; Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, B,y forms unfashion'd, fresh from nature's hand, Fierce in their native hardiness of soul, True to imagined right, above control, While e'en the peasant boasts these rights to scan, And learns to venerate himself as man.
Page 141 - God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth : thy right hand is full of righteousness. 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her : tell the towers thereof.
Page 158 - By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Page 5 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state, With daring aims irregularly great. Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Page 15 - There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
Page 3 - Still in thought as free as ever, What are England's rights, I ask, Me from my delights to sever, Me to torture, me to task? Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit Nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection? Dwells in white and black the same.
Page 272 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.