The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, 4. kötetJ. Seagrave, 1806 |
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8. oldal
... distressing as his ; for though nature designed you only for my Cousin , you have had a Sister's place in my affections ever since I knew you . The reason is , I suppose , that hav- ing no Sister , the Daughter of my own Mother , I ...
... distressing as his ; for though nature designed you only for my Cousin , you have had a Sister's place in my affections ever since I knew you . The reason is , I suppose , that hav- ing no Sister , the Daughter of my own Mother , I ...
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... Distressed by the loss of his Sister , he has renounced the place where she died for ever , and is about to enter on a new course of life at Oxford . You would admire him much : He is gentle in his manners , and delicate in his person ...
... Distressed by the loss of his Sister , he has renounced the place where she died for ever , and is about to enter on a new course of life at Oxford . You would admire him much : He is gentle in his manners , and delicate in his person ...
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... distress and dejection , after writing and obliterating about six lines , in the composition of which I spent near an hour , I was obliged to relinquish the attempt . An attempt so unsuccessful could have no other effect than to dis ...
... distress and dejection , after writing and obliterating about six lines , in the composition of which I spent near an hour , I was obliged to relinquish the attempt . An attempt so unsuccessful could have no other effect than to dis ...
23. oldal
... distressed in the morning , and brightening a little as the day goes on . I Adieu , W. C. LETTER XI . To WILLIAM HAYLEY , Esqr Weston , Oct. 28 , 1792 . Nothing done , my dearest I brother , nor likely to be done at present ; yet pur ...
... distressed in the morning , and brightening a little as the day goes on . I Adieu , W. C. LETTER XI . To WILLIAM HAYLEY , Esqr Weston , Oct. 28 , 1792 . Nothing done , my dearest I brother , nor likely to be done at present ; yet pur ...
63. oldal
... distressing a subject should be too painful both to you and me ; and now that I seem to have reached a proper time for doing it , the multiplicity of my literary business will hardly afford me leisure . Both you and I have this comfort ...
... distressing a subject should be too painful both to you and me ; and now that I seem to have reached a proper time for doing it , the multiplicity of my literary business will hardly afford me leisure . Both you and I have this comfort ...
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Adieu admirable affectionate afflicted appear bard bird-lime brother CALLIMACHUS charm Courtenay Cowper DEAR FRIEND dearest degree delight Dereham distress Eartham endeavour Esqr excellent expressed eyes favourite feel friendship genius give grace Greek hand happy haste heart Homer honour hope Hurdis Iliad John Throckmorton Johnny Johnson justly kind labour Lady Hesketh Latin live Lord Thurlow Mary melancholy memory Milton mind morning nature never nihil obliged Odyssey once passage perhaps pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope powers praise present quæ Qualia quam quod racter reader reason received rejoice Revd Romney SAMUEL ROSE seems shew sight soon sorrow spect spirit sublime sufferings talents Task tell tender thank thee thine thing thou tibi tion translation truly truth Unwin verse vex'd W. C. LETTER Weston Whig WILLIAM COWPER WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write
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179. oldal - That pitiless perforce, They left their outcast mate behind, And scudded still before the wind. Some succour yet they could afford ; And, such as storms allow, The cask, the coop, the floated cord, Delay'd not to bestow.
154. oldal - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary...
156. oldal - And still to love, though prest with ill, In wintry age to feel no chill, With me is to be lovely still, My Mary ! But ah ! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary ! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary ! W.
180. oldal - Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with 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.
235. oldal - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So clothed with beauty for rebellious man...
433. oldal - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
235. oldal - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
179. oldal - Delay'd not to bestow : But he, they knew, nor ship nor shore, Whate'er they gave, should visit more.
178. oldal - Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home forever left.
178. oldal - His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent.