The Life and Letters of William CowperLongman, Rees, and Company ; T. Cadell ; Baldwin and Cradock ; J. Booker ; Baynes and Son ; Hamilton, Adams and Company ; Whittaker and Company ; E. Hodgson ; Simpkin, Marshall and Company ; R. Mackie ; and W. Mason, 1835 - Authors, English - 664 pages |
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... Comforts of a winter evening • Sept. 23 176 Sept. 29 177 Oct. 6 • 178 Oct. 180 Oct. 20 182 183 ib . 185 Nov. 10 187 Nov. 24 188 190 191 A sudden end of the Poet's Intercourse with Lady Austen 135 To the Rev. W. Unwin . Reflections on ...
... Comforts of a winter evening • Sept. 23 176 Sept. 29 177 Oct. 6 • 178 Oct. 180 Oct. 20 182 183 ib . 185 Nov. 10 187 Nov. 24 188 190 191 A sudden end of the Poet's Intercourse with Lady Austen 135 To the Rev. W. Unwin . Reflections on ...
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... comfort 210 To the same . Dr. Maty's critique on his Homer ; description of his own feelings 211 To the same . friend 212 To the Rev. W. Bagot . Submission to the will of God ; Horace's 213 To Lady Hesketh . Gives up meeting her at ...
... comfort 210 To the same . Dr. Maty's critique on his Homer ; description of his own feelings 211 To the same . friend 212 To the Rev. W. Bagot . Submission to the will of God ; Horace's 213 To Lady Hesketh . Gives up meeting her at ...
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... comforts of a life well spent . Resign'd , when Heav'n demanded back her breath , Her mind heroic ' midst the pangs of death . Whoe'er thou art , that dost this tomb draw near , O stay awhile , and shed a friendly tear ; These lines ...
... comforts of a life well spent . Resign'd , when Heav'n demanded back her breath , Her mind heroic ' midst the pangs of death . Whoe'er thou art , that dost this tomb draw near , O stay awhile , and shed a friendly tear ; These lines ...
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... comfort and delight . This juster and happier view of evangelical truth is said to have arisen in his mind , while he was reading the third chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans . Devout contemplation became more and more dear to ...
... comfort and delight . This juster and happier view of evangelical truth is said to have arisen in his mind , while he was reading the third chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans . Devout contemplation became more and more dear to ...
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... comfort while you live , and attend you with peace and joy in your last moments ! I love you too well not to make this a part of my prayers ; and when I remember my friends on these occasions , there is no likelihood that you can be ...
... comfort while you live , and attend you with peace and joy in your last moments ! I love you too well not to make this a part of my prayers ; and when I remember my friends on these occasions , there is no likelihood that you can be ...
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acquaintance admirable affection affectionate affliction afford agreeable amiable amusement appears attended believe blank verse blessing character Christian comfort Cowper dear Cousin DEAR FRIEND delight desire divine epistle epistolary esteem expect expression favour feel friendship give glad grace happy hear heart Homer honour hope Huntingdon Iliad interest John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL labour lace-makers Lady Austen LADY HESKETH least letter live Lord Lord Hervey March 11 mean mercy mind mother nature never obliged occasion Olney opinion perhaps person Phalaris pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present prove reader reason received recollect remember respect Scripture seems sensible soon spirit suppose sure talents tell tender thank thee thing thou thought Throckmorton translation truth verse volume W. C. MY DEAR Weston William Cowper WILLIAM UNWIN wish word write written wrote
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Page 543 - Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow ; '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...
Page 576 - 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. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —
Page 553 - Nor, cruel as it seemed, could he Their haste himself condemn, Aware that flight, in such a sea, Alone could rescue them ; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh. He long survives, who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld ; And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled ; And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried "Adieu...
Page 481 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Page 155 - With all her crew complete. Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath ; His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went clown With twice four hundred men.
Page 362 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Page 553 - Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, 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.
Page 544 - Thy indistinct expressions seem Like language utter'd in a dream ; Yet me they charm, whate'er the theme, My Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline Thy hands their little force resign ; Yet, gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary...
Page 97 - On the whole it appears, and my argument shows With a reasoning the court will never condemn, That the spectacles plainly were made for the Nose, And the Nose was as plainly intended for them.
Page 3 - Tis now become a history little known That once we called the pastoral house our own Short-lived possession ! but the record fair That memory keeps, of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced. Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid...