Cowper: Poetry & ProseClarendon Press, 1960 - 196 pages |
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... thou appear'st , Yet show that thou hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat ; Such claim compassion in ...
... thou appear'st , Yet show that thou hast mercy ! which the great , With needless hurry whirl'd from place to place , Humane as they would seem , not always show . Poor , yet industrious , modest , quiet , neat ; Such claim compassion in ...
Page 90
... thou art she . My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me , though ...
... thou art she . My mother ! when I learn'd that thou wast dead , Say , wast thou conscious of the tears I shed ? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son , Wretch even then , life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me , though ...
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... thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a gallant bark from Albion's coast ( The storms all weather'd and the ocean cross'd ) Shoots into port at some well - haven'd ...
... thou so much , That I should ill requite thee to constrain Thy unbound spirit into bonds again . Thou , as a gallant bark from Albion's coast ( The storms all weather'd and the ocean cross'd ) Shoots into port at some well - haven'd ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
HAZLITT ON COWPER | 11 |
BAGEHOT ON COWPER | 17 |
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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 FĂȘte ChampĂȘtre 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