Cowper: Poetry & ProseClarendon Press, 1960 - 196 pages |
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Page 36
... delight . The tendency of civilisation is to pare away the oddness and licence of personal character , and to leave a monotonous agreeableness as the sole trait and comfort of mankind . And this very effect obviously tends to in- crease ...
... delight . The tendency of civilisation is to pare away the oddness and licence of personal character , and to leave a monotonous agreeableness as the sole trait and comfort of mankind . And this very effect obviously tends to in- crease ...
Page 38
... delights ' , the trivial course of slowly- moving pleasures , the petty detail of quiet relaxation , that Cowper excels in . The post - boy , the winter's evening , the newspaper , the knitting needles , the stockings , the waggon ...
... delights ' , the trivial course of slowly- moving pleasures , the petty detail of quiet relaxation , that Cowper excels in . The post - boy , the winter's evening , the newspaper , the knitting needles , the stockings , the waggon ...
Page 92
... delight Seems so to be desir'd , perhaps I might.- But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be lov'd , and thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a ...
... delight Seems so to be desir'd , perhaps I might.- But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be lov'd , and thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
HAZLITT ON COWPER | 11 |
BAGEHOT ON COWPER | 17 |
Copyright | |
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affectionately ALEXANDER SELKIRK appearance beauties blank verse Bodham Brougham Castle called charms cheerful Cousin dearest delight delineation doubt Dunciad East Dereham English ev'ry excitement eyes fancy favour feel Fête Champêtre Gayhurst genius gentle give hand happy Hayley heard heart Homer honour humour John Gilpin JOHN NEWTON JOSEPH HILL knew Lady Austen LADY HESKETH Olney laugh least letter live Lord lov'd Mary melancholy mind Monthly Review morning mother Muse natura naturata nature never night o'er once Oxford Cowper pass perhaps person Pertenhall Pindus pleasure poem poet poetry Pope praise retirement rhyme scene seems shine side smile sofa soon Southampton spirit suppose sweet Task tell thee things thou thought Throckmorton Tibullus tion translation truth W. C. TO LADY walk Westminster Weston William Cowper WILLIAM HAYLEY WILLIAM UNWIN wish write written