Life and works of Cowper, by R. SoutheyBaldwin and Cradock, 1836 |
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... means to suppress this extraordi- nary epistle , " wisely considering , " says Hawkesworth , " that a book to which it should be prefixed would certainly be condemned without examination ; for who would have required stronger evidence ...
... means to suppress this extraordi- nary epistle , " wisely considering , " says Hawkesworth , " that a book to which it should be prefixed would certainly be condemned without examination ; for who would have required stronger evidence ...
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William Cowper. while I am writing to the carpenter's plane , ( I mean , you ; ) the shavings are my uppermost thoughts ; after a few strokes of the tool it acquires a new surface ; this again , upon a repetition of his task , he takes ...
William Cowper. while I am writing to the carpenter's plane , ( I mean , you ; ) the shavings are my uppermost thoughts ; after a few strokes of the tool it acquires a new surface ; this again , upon a repetition of his task , he takes ...
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... , Till they turn yellow I will make myself easy . The year will go round , and January will approach . I shall tremble again , and I know it ; but in the mean time I will be as comfortable as I can . HE FEARS THE RETURN OF JANUARY . 11.
... , Till they turn yellow I will make myself easy . The year will go round , and January will approach . I shall tremble again , and I know it ; but in the mean time I will be as comfortable as I can . HE FEARS THE RETURN OF JANUARY . 11.
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William Cowper. I could earn Churchill's laurels , and by the same means 17 " ; But in composing these poems he had learnt his own power , and had strengthened it ; and that con- sciousness made him look to future exertion . " A French ...
William Cowper. I could earn Churchill's laurels , and by the same means 17 " ; But in composing these poems he had learnt his own power , and had strengthened it ; and that con- sciousness made him look to future exertion . " A French ...
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... mean that of which your Lordship is the subject . The best excuse I can make is , that it flowed almost spontane- ously from the affectionate remembrance of a con- nexion that did me so much honour . As to the rest , their merits , if ...
... mean that of which your Lordship is the subject . The best excuse I can make is , that it flowed almost spontane- ously from the affectionate remembrance of a con- nexion that did me so much honour . As to the rest , their merits , if ...
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Absalom and Achitophel acquainted admiration Æneid amusement answer appeared beauty believe blank verse called cause character Charles Churchill Chaucer cheerfulness Churchill comfort cousin critic DEAR FRIEND distress Dryden effect English poetry expected expressed favour feel felt friendship Gayhurst genius give happy Hayley heart Homer honour hope Iliad intercourse John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON Johnson judgement kind labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh language laugh least letter lived March 19 melancholy ment metaphysical poet metre mind nature never Newton numbers occasion Olney once opinion passed perhaps person pleased pleasure poem poet poetical Pope Pope's praise present published readers reason received remember reply respect rhyme says Cowper seems sent spirits stanza style suffered suppose Task taste thing thought tion translation truth Unwin versification volume Weston wish write written wrote Zachary Grey
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Page 329 - And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine ; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 94 - THOU, whose sweet youth and early hopes enhance Thy rate and price, and mark thee for a treasure, Hearken unto a Verser, who may chance Rhyme thee to good, and make a bait of pleasure : A verse may find him, who a Sermon flies, And turn delight into a Sacrifice.
Page 250 - Goldsmith's Life of Parnell is poor; not that it is poorly written, but that he had poor materials ; for nobody can write the life of a man, but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
Page 352 - Follow'd false lights; and when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task; my doubts are done: What more could fright my faith, than Three in One?
Page 367 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 136 - To write on their plan, it was at least necessary to read and think. No man could be born a metaphysical poet, nor assume the dignity of a writer, by descriptions copied from descriptions, by imitations borrowed from imitations, by traditional imagery, and hereditary similes, by readiness of rhyme, and volubility of syllables.
Page 329 - MARY ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heaven as some have feign'd they drew, An eloquence scarce given to mortals, new And undebased by praise of meaner things, That, ere through age or woe I shed my wings, I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings.
Page 104 - ... dejection of spirits, which (I suppose) may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write, for I must have bodily...
Page 259 - The very head and front of my offending Hath this extent, no more. Rude am I in my speech, And little bless'd with the set phrase of peace ; For since these arms of mine had seven years...
Page 294 - In translating both the Iliad and the Odyssey, my usual method was to take advantage of the first heat; and then to correct each book, first by the original text, then by other translations ; and lastly to give it a reading for the versification only.