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Page 174
... Cowper's writings shows that both in the bulk and in the importance of the poems affected the influence of Milton looms large . The Verses on Finding the Heel of a Shoe , The Task , the poem to the halibut , the Four Ages , Yardley Oak ...
... Cowper's writings shows that both in the bulk and in the importance of the poems affected the influence of Milton looms large . The Verses on Finding the Heel of a Shoe , The Task , the poem to the halibut , the Four Ages , Yardley Oak ...
Page 265
... Cowper , 2 whom he praised highly in the Walks and made the subject of two odes ; 3 yet , since what he particularly admired in the bard of Olney was the combination of the " faithful monitor's and poet's care , ' " 4 the influ- ence ...
... Cowper , 2 whom he praised highly in the Walks and made the subject of two odes ; 3 yet , since what he particularly admired in the bard of Olney was the combination of the " faithful monitor's and poet's care , ' " 4 the influ- ence ...
Page 337
... Cowper's ; and much similar testimony might be adduced.3 Indeed , for half a century the only blank - verse translation , and except for Pope's the only version of any kind that was at all satis- factory , was that by the poet of Olney ...
... Cowper's ; and much similar testimony might be adduced.3 Indeed , for half a century the only blank - verse translation , and except for Pope's the only version of any kind that was at all satis- factory , was that by the poet of Olney ...
Contents
MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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