The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper,esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the AuthorD. Appleton, 1854 |
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... nature of tranquillized sorrow than of despondency . This great and afflicted poet was born at Berk- hampstead , November 26th , 1731. His father was rector of that place , and Chaplain to his Majesty George the Second . The family of ...
... nature of tranquillized sorrow than of despondency . This great and afflicted poet was born at Berk- hampstead , November 26th , 1731. His father was rector of that place , and Chaplain to his Majesty George the Second . The family of ...
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... nature of his melancholy , than the following letters ; the first , exhibiting the broken- hearted humility which had been converted by disease into terror . The second , the tenderness of a noble soul examining mysteries to discover ...
... nature of his melancholy , than the following letters ; the first , exhibiting the broken- hearted humility which had been converted by disease into terror . The second , the tenderness of a noble soul examining mysteries to discover ...
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... nature . The charity of his heart furnished him with his chief employment . To his own means of doing good , the estimation in which he was held added the benevolence of others , and he was ap pointed by more than one wealthy person who ...
... nature . The charity of his heart furnished him with his chief employment . To his own means of doing good , the estimation in which he was held added the benevolence of others , and he was ap pointed by more than one wealthy person who ...
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... because they adapted themselves as well to the weakness as to the good of man's mind ; and , in telling of the majesty of nature , and of the might that lies hidden in the bosom of truth , invested. WILLIAM COWPER . 17.
... because they adapted themselves as well to the weakness as to the good of man's mind ; and , in telling of the majesty of nature , and of the might that lies hidden in the bosom of truth , invested. WILLIAM COWPER . 17.
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... nature of poetry , to teach virtue and inculcate its sublime truths , by an appeal from the imagination to the imagination - by presenting characters already made beautiful by the action of noble principle , instead of naked principles ...
... nature of poetry , to teach virtue and inculcate its sublime truths , by an appeal from the imagination to the imagination - by presenting characters already made beautiful by the action of noble principle , instead of naked principles ...
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ADAM angels art thou Avernus BEELZEBUB Behold beneath boast bosom breast breath bright brow call'd charms CHERUBIM creature dark dear death delight divine docet dost thou dread dream e'en earth eternal eyes fair falchions fear feel fire flame FLESH flowers form'd fruit give glory GOD THE FATHER gold grace groves hand hands united happy hast hear heart heaven heavenly hell honour hope human JOHN MILTON light live Lord LUCIFER lyre mighty mind muse nature never night nymphs o'er once pain peace pleasure praise prove sacred SATAN scene seem'd SERPENT shade shew shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stars stream sweet taste tears thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought toil tongue truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice VOLANO WILLIAM HAYLEY wings worth wretched youth