In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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Page 73
... clearly ( a theme possibly , though fruitlessly , traceable to Cowper's chronic eye trouble ) . A great many passages ... clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . ( " Progress of Error , " 558-9 ) A ...
... clearly ( a theme possibly , though fruitlessly , traceable to Cowper's chronic eye trouble ) . A great many passages ... clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . ( " Progress of Error , " 558-9 ) A ...
Page 75
... clear messages , were the distinguishing features of his attacks . Much of the foregoing has suggested active battle , or des- peration in an incoherent medium , such as a stormy sea ; but in the midst of his fear of erratic change and ...
... clear messages , were the distinguishing features of his attacks . Much of the foregoing has suggested active battle , or des- peration in an incoherent medium , such as a stormy sea ; but in the midst of his fear of erratic change and ...
Page 146
... clear stream Recov'ring fast its liquid music , prove . ( 256-61 ) In his quiet walk , which is now generalized from this one day to all days in nature ( a return to the large scale of Book I ) , nothing molests him , nothing taints his ...
... clear stream Recov'ring fast its liquid music , prove . ( 256-61 ) In his quiet walk , which is now generalized from this one day to all days in nature ( a return to the large scale of Book I ) , nothing molests him , nothing taints his ...
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