Cowper: Poetry & ProseClarendon Press, 1960 - 196 pages |
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Page 44
... verse might bring many to listen to truths which they would be disinclined to have stated to them in simple prose . And however tedious the recurrence of these theological tenets may be to the common reader , it is certain that a ...
... verse might bring many to listen to truths which they would be disinclined to have stated to them in simple prose . And however tedious the recurrence of these theological tenets may be to the common reader , it is certain that a ...
Page 53
... verse is the exact opposite of all this . Dr. Johnson laid down that it was verse only to the eye , which was a bold dictum . But without going this length it will be safe to say , that of all considerable metres in our language 10 it ...
... verse is the exact opposite of all this . Dr. Johnson laid down that it was verse only to the eye , which was a bold dictum . But without going this length it will be safe to say , that of all considerable metres in our language 10 it ...
Page 151
... verse in his translation of Homer , but his verse is not universally such ; on the contrary , it is often lame , feeble , and flat . He has , besides , occasionally a felicity of expression peculiar to himself ; but it is a felicity ...
... verse in his translation of Homer , but his verse is not universally such ; on the contrary , it is often lame , feeble , and flat . He has , besides , occasionally a felicity of expression peculiar to himself ; but it is a felicity ...
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 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