In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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Page 125
... tion of the point at which proper development of human society becomes excess ; of the exact stage , which Cowper finds in the cultivated rural scene , in which human activity is poised between the meaninglessness and confusion of over ...
... tion of the point at which proper development of human society becomes excess ; of the exact stage , which Cowper finds in the cultivated rural scene , in which human activity is poised between the meaninglessness and confusion of over ...
Page 133
... tion from Eden must not be forgotten - it encourages the best possible existence , not the best conceivable ) but it can protect us from evil , and as we have seen Cowper steadily felt a need for that protection : But it has peace , and ...
... tion from Eden must not be forgotten - it encourages the best possible existence , not the best conceivable ) but it can protect us from evil , and as we have seen Cowper steadily felt a need for that protection : But it has peace , and ...
Page 165
... in works of imagina- tion and sentiment , for of these only have I been treating , in proportion as ideas and feelings are valuable , whether the composition be in prose or in verse , they THE POETRY OF WILLIAM COWPER [ 165 ]
... in works of imagina- tion and sentiment , for of these only have I been treating , in proportion as ideas and feelings are valuable , whether the composition be in prose or in verse , they THE POETRY OF WILLIAM COWPER [ 165 ]
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