The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... speak of them with any semblance of novelty , or with any chance of obtaining , for the opinions which we may express of their proportion of merit , the general concurrence of the public to whom we address ourselves . Cowper is at the ...
... speak of them with any semblance of novelty , or with any chance of obtaining , for the opinions which we may express of their proportion of merit , the general concurrence of the public to whom we address ourselves . Cowper is at the ...
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... for ever maintain a respectable , though subor- dinate , rank among the greater works of the British Muse . Of the minor poems of Cowper it is scarcely ne- cessary to speak . Many of them are unworthy of THE LIFE OF COWPer . 19.
... for ever maintain a respectable , though subor- dinate , rank among the greater works of the British Muse . Of the minor poems of Cowper it is scarcely ne- cessary to speak . Many of them are unworthy of THE LIFE OF COWPer . 19.
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Including Translations ... cessary to speak . Many of them are unworthy of publication : some of them are elegant : a few of them are happy ; and two of them are exquisitely pathetic . His great translation of Homer is now generally ...
Including Translations ... cessary to speak . Many of them are unworthy of publication : some of them are elegant : a few of them are happy ; and two of them are exquisitely pathetic . His great translation of Homer is now generally ...
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... speak his power : Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The same their occupation and success . A. ' Tis your belief the world was ...
... speak his power : Then grace the bony phantom in their stead With the king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The same their occupation and success . A. ' Tis your belief the world was ...
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... Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry aloud in every careless ear , Stop , while you may ; suspend your mad career ; O , learn from our example and our fate , Learn wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only Vice ...
... Speak to the present times , and times to come ; They cry aloud in every careless ear , Stop , while you may ; suspend your mad career ; O , learn from our example and our fate , Learn wisdom and repentance ere too late . Not only Vice ...
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beams beneath bids blasphemy bless'd bliss blooming groves boast BODHAM breast call'd charms Chiswick courser Cowper dear declension deeds delight design'd divine dream e'en earth Eartham Edmonton eyes fair fancy fear feel fire flowers folly form'd frown Gilpin give glory God's grace hand happy heart Heaven heavenly hope hour John Gilpin labour land learn'd light lust lyre mankind mercy mind Muse Nature never night o'er Olney once Parnassian pass'd peace pharisee pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove racter Rome sacred scene scorn scorn'd Scripture seem'd shine sight skies smile song SONNET soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste tears telescopic eye thee theme thine thou hast thought thousand toil tongue trifler true truth Twas Unwin verse virtue waste Whate'er wild WILLIAM COWPER wisdom zeal