The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, Esqr: With an Introductory Letter to the Right Honourable Earl Cowper, Volume 2J. Seagrave, 1803 - Authors, English |
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... present Biographer , to page 6 -His Friendship for the late Professor of Poetry , the Revd . James HurdisContinuation of his Letters . To the Revd . Mr. Hurdis . To the same . March 6 , 1791 .... 1 June 13 , 1791 .... 2 To the same ...
... present Biographer , to page 6 -His Friendship for the late Professor of Poetry , the Revd . James HurdisContinuation of his Letters . To the Revd . Mr. Hurdis . To the same . March 6 , 1791 .... 1 June 13 , 1791 .... 2 To the same ...
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... present , from the eye of the public . The truth is , I feel that the extreme sensibility of my affectionate correspondent , led him , very fre- quently , to speak of me in such terms of tender partiality , that the world world must not ...
... present , from the eye of the public . The truth is , I feel that the extreme sensibility of my affectionate correspondent , led him , very fre- quently , to speak of me in such terms of tender partiality , that the world world must not ...
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... present I have no need to be so . I have within these two days given the very last stroke of my pen to my long Translation , and what will be my next career I know not . At any rate we shall not , I hope , hereafter be known to each ...
... present I have no need to be so . I have within these two days given the very last stroke of my pen to my long Translation , and what will be my next career I know not . At any rate we shall not , I hope , hereafter be known to each ...
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... present neither much occupied , nor at all in- disposed , nor forbidden by a dearth of materials . I wish always when I have a new piece in hand , to be as se- cret as you , and there was a time when I could be so . Then I lived the ...
... present neither much occupied , nor at all in- disposed , nor forbidden by a dearth of materials . I wish always when I have a new piece in hand , to be as se- cret as you , and there was a time when I could be so . Then I lived the ...
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... present I am idle , both on account of my eyes , and because I know not to what to attach myself in parti- cular . Many different plans and projects are recommended to me . Some Some call aloud for original verse , others for more LIFE ...
... present I am idle , both on account of my eyes , and because I know not to what to attach myself in parti- cular . Many different plans and projects are recommended to me . Some Some call aloud for original verse , others for more LIFE ...
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Adieu affectionate afflicted amends answer appear arrived August 12 August 26 Catharina charm cheerful comfort COURTENAY Cowper DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR dearest Brother DEAREST COZ DEAREST JOHNNY delight Eartham Esqr expect favour fears feel friendship give glad happy hast Hayley's heart Homer honour hope HURDIS Iliad innocent project JOHN JOHNSON John Throckmorton JOSEPH HILL journey July 22 kind Kingston labour Lady HESKETH Laudanum least little feats live March 25 melancholy Milton mind morning neighbour never obliged occasion Odyssey opportunity ourselves perhaps pleased pleasure Poem Poet poetical Poetry poor Mary praise present reader reason received rejoice Revd Romney SAMUEL ROSE seems seen Sister Sonnet soon spirits suffered suppose Sussex sweet tell tender thank thee thing thou tion translation Unwin verse W. C. LETTER LETTER walk Weston Whig WILLIAM HAYLEY wish write yesterday
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Page 210 - Adieu!' At length, his transient respite past, His comrades, who before Had heard his voice in every blast, Could catch the sound no more: For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him; but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear: And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date:...
Page 189 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary ! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary...
Page 209 - Nor, cruel as it seemed, could he Their haste himself condemn, Aware that flight, in such a sea, Alone could rescue them; Yet bitter felt it still to die Deserted, and his friends so nigh. He long survives, who lives an hour In ocean, self-upheld; And so long he, with unspent power, His destiny repelled; And ever, as the minutes flew, Entreated help, or cried 'Adieu!
Page 190 - But ah! by constant heed I know How oft the sadness that I show Transforms thy smiles to looks of woe, My Mary! And should my future lot be cast With much resemblance of the past, Thy worn-out heart will break at last — My Mary!
Page 209 - He lov'd them both, but both in vain, Nor him beheld, nor her again. Not long beneath the whelming brine, Expert to swim, he lay; Nor soon he felt his strength decline, Or courage die away; But wag'd with death a lasting strife, Supported by despair of life.
Page 254 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own.
Page 287 - WHAT is there in the vale of life Half so delightful as a wife, When friendship, love, and peace combine To stamp the marriage bond divine ? The stream of pure and genuine love Derives its current from above ; And earth a second Eden shows, Where'er the healing water flows...
Page 416 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 399 - ... is now split into as many quavers as an Italian air. For this purpose there is in every county an itinerant band of vocal musicians, who make it their business to go round to all the churches in their turns, and, after a prelude with the pitch-pipe, astonish the audience with hymns set to the new Winchester measure, and anthems of their own composing.
Page 400 - The latter is most certainly held in the higher veneration, where the former happens to be only a poor curate, who rides post every sabbath from village to village, and mounts and dismounts at the church door. The clerk's office is not only to tag the prayers with an amen, or usher in the sermon with a stave, but he is also the universal father to give away the brides, and the standing god-father to all the new-born bantlings.