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Page xxxvii
... Lord Dartmouth , as well as some strangers , like Fuseli the artist , were interested in the project , and en- tered into correspondence with him , either in the character of friends or of critics . In the month of June , 1786 , the ...
... Lord Dartmouth , as well as some strangers , like Fuseli the artist , were interested in the project , and en- tered into correspondence with him , either in the character of friends or of critics . In the month of June , 1786 , the ...
Page xlvi
... Lord Bute succeeds Pitt . 1763. The Seven Years ' War ended by the Peace of Paris , whereby France cedes Canada to Great Britain , February 10. G. Grenville succeeds Bute . Cowper is confined at St. Alban's , December 7 . 1765 ...
... Lord Bute succeeds Pitt . 1763. The Seven Years ' War ended by the Peace of Paris , whereby France cedes Canada to Great Britain , February 10. G. Grenville succeeds Bute . Cowper is confined at St. Alban's , December 7 . 1765 ...
Page xlvii
... Lord North resigns , March 15 ; is succeeded by Rock- ingham ; and he ( on his death , July 1 ) by Lord Shelburne . Preliminaries of Peace with the United States , Nov. 30. Cowper publishes his first volume of Poems , March 1 . 1783 ...
... Lord North resigns , March 15 ; is succeeded by Rock- ingham ; and he ( on his death , July 1 ) by Lord Shelburne . Preliminaries of Peace with the United States , Nov. 30. Cowper publishes his first volume of Poems , March 1 . 1783 ...
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... with silver lines his leaf , And ash far - stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long - surviving oak . 310 Some glossy - leaved , and shining in the sun THE SOFA . II.
... with silver lines his leaf , And ash far - stretching his umbrageous arm ; Of deeper green the elm ; and deeper still , Lord of the woods , the long - surviving oak . 310 Some glossy - leaved , and shining in the sun THE SOFA . II.
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... lord of this enclosed demesne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a share : the guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing sun ? By short transition we have lost ...
... lord of this enclosed demesne , Communicative of the good he owns , Admits me to a share : the guiltless eye Commits no wrong , nor wastes what it enjoys . Refreshing change ! where now the blazing sun ? By short transition we have lost ...
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Page 26 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Page 72 - 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.
Page 25 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 51 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by the archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live.
Page 269 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Page 272 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 264 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 200 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Page 262 - Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.
Page 201 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot ; But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet capped, Tis now become a history little...