The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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ix. oldal
... delights , That , viewing it , we seem almost to obtain Our innocent , sweet , simple years again . " " 1 At leaving school Cowper was articled to a solicitor , in order that he might study that side of the law pre- paratory to keeping ...
... delights , That , viewing it , we seem almost to obtain Our innocent , sweet , simple years again . " " 1 At leaving school Cowper was articled to a solicitor , in order that he might study that side of the law pre- paratory to keeping ...
x. oldal
... of Ely . She married Morley Unwin in 1744 . She had two children , a son and a daughter . Some of Cowper's most delightful letters were written to the former . never see her without being the better for her company X WILLIAM COWPER .
... of Ely . She married Morley Unwin in 1744 . She had two children , a son and a daughter . Some of Cowper's most delightful letters were written to the former . never see her without being the better for her company X WILLIAM COWPER .
xiv. oldal
... delighted in the new friendship . In a Poetical Epistle , written in December 1781 , occur these lines : — 66 Mysterious are His ways , whose power Brings forth that unexpected hour , When minds that never met before , Shall meet ...
... delighted in the new friendship . In a Poetical Epistle , written in December 1781 , occur these lines : — 66 Mysterious are His ways , whose power Brings forth that unexpected hour , When minds that never met before , Shall meet ...
xv. oldal
... delight of his audiences . Thus it happened that " John Gilpin " induced people to buy the book ; and judging by its success , the purchasers cannot have been too deeply disappointed at discovering the " Task " to be a poem of a serious ...
... delight of his audiences . Thus it happened that " John Gilpin " induced people to buy the book ; and judging by its success , the purchasers cannot have been too deeply disappointed at discovering the " Task " to be a poem of a serious ...
xviii. oldal
... delight in the contemplation of natural scenery for its own sake , and to attribute to it a certain influence over the passions and actions of the men and women who dwelt in it . In this way they came gradually to recognise the ...
... delight in the contemplation of natural scenery for its own sake , and to attribute to it a certain influence over the passions and actions of the men and women who dwelt in it . In this way they came gradually to recognise the ...
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admire Æneid ALEXANDER SELKIRK Beau marked beauty beneath blank verse boast Book breath called cause CHARLES LAPWORTH charms clime Cowper Crown 8vo death delight divine dream earth ease English fair fancy Fcap fear feel Fettes College flower folly Gilpin gives glory grace hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human John Gilpin king labour land light live lost lyre Milton mind nature Nature's Nebaioth never night numbers o'er once Paradise Lost peace perhaps pleasure poem poet praise proud rude rural scene seek seems shade shine silent sleep smile smooth Sofa song soon soul sound storm sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou art thought toil truth Twas University of Aberdeen Unwin verse virtue Warren Hastings William Blackwood wind winter wisdom wonder worth ΙΟ
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252. oldal - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
166. oldal - 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.
80. oldal - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
175. oldal - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
194. oldal - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
176. oldal - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
271. oldal - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
166. oldal - 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.
193. oldal - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
167. oldal - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...