In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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... never sink below this degree of it , I care not if I never rise above it " ( Correspondence , I , 19 ) . His fondness for society , limited to a few similarly disposed people , is further evidenced in a revealing passage in “ Re ...
... never sink below this degree of it , I care not if I never rise above it " ( Correspondence , I , 19 ) . His fondness for society , limited to a few similarly disposed people , is further evidenced in a revealing passage in “ Re ...
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... never , never alter grammar ; the art of varying the emphasis and the music in blank verse lines is exquisitely demanding ; one should try not to be dull when moralizing ; one should always have a point to / a story . The subjects were ...
... never , never alter grammar ; the art of varying the emphasis and the music in blank verse lines is exquisitely demanding ; one should try not to be dull when moralizing ; one should always have a point to / a story . The subjects were ...
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... never heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more . My friends ...
... never heard , Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell , Or smil'd when a sabbath appear'd . Ye winds , that have made me your sport , Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more . My friends ...
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