In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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Page 50
... man's lot , the impos- sibility of man's finding his way in a world arbitrarily un- certain . Though it was Cowper's conscious intention to show that conversion , the acquisition of grace , would clearly guide man's steps , one notices ...
... man's lot , the impos- sibility of man's finding his way in a world arbitrarily un- certain . Though it was Cowper's conscious intention to show that conversion , the acquisition of grace , would clearly guide man's steps , one notices ...
Page 126
... man's earthly pleasures ; the second begins with a preference for even a wilderness ( always connected in Cowper's mind with God's power ) over the evidences of man's refined inhumanity to man , of which the most appalling is slavery . Man ...
... man's earthly pleasures ; the second begins with a preference for even a wilderness ( always connected in Cowper's mind with God's power ) over the evidences of man's refined inhumanity to man , of which the most appalling is slavery . Man ...
Page 129
... man's part has led man to the position where the highest authority , God's , is to be brought down upon him . 3. " The Garden " Together , Books I and II form a kind of prologue to the next four : man's current state , particularly in ...
... man's part has led man to the position where the highest authority , God's , is to be brought down upon him . 3. " The Garden " Together , Books I and II form a kind of prologue to the next four : man's current state , particularly in ...
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