In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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Page 25
... attack of madness . It has been plausibly argued that the madness was caused by the crisis of the imminent marriage , a crisis which would have been specially unbear- able if Cowper was , as has been suspected , in some way malformed ...
... attack of madness . It has been plausibly argued that the madness was caused by the crisis of the imminent marriage , a crisis which would have been specially unbear- able if Cowper was , as has been suspected , in some way malformed ...
Page 44
... attack on the innocent— the city's staining of the country . In the beginning , the sallies are minor and are easily repulsed : the noisy post- horn announces the arrival of news of the world's doings , but Cowper can overcome it and ...
... attack on the innocent— the city's staining of the country . In the beginning , the sallies are minor and are easily repulsed : the noisy post- horn announces the arrival of news of the world's doings , but Cowper can overcome it and ...
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... attack in 1773 to the end of his life these omens were rare and fleeting . None- theless , these visions of a center of balance in his mind and in his life were his only hope , a despairing hope which oc- casionally figures in his ...
... attack in 1773 to the end of his life these omens were rare and fleeting . None- theless , these visions of a center of balance in his mind and in his life were his only hope , a despairing hope which oc- casionally figures in his ...
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