The Life of William Cowper, Esq: Comp. from His Correspondence , and Other Authentic Sources of Information: Containing Remarks on His Writings, and on the Peculiarities of His Interesting Character, Never Before PublishedKey & Biddle, 1833 - Всего страниц: 277 |
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... distressing feelings on the occasion Labours again under severe indisposition · Commencement of his acquaintance with Mr. Rose B 121 · 122 123 124 · 126 128 · 130 133 · 136 137 141 142 - 143 144 145 Age Continuance of his depression Mr ...
... distressing feelings on the occasion Labours again under severe indisposition · Commencement of his acquaintance with Mr. Rose B 121 · 122 123 124 · 126 128 · 130 133 · 136 137 141 142 - 143 144 145 Age Continuance of his depression Mr ...
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... distressed— Me , howling winds drive devious , tempest tost ; Sails ript , seams opening wide , and compass lost , And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 3 Poetic tribute to her memory.
... distressed— Me , howling winds drive devious , tempest tost ; Sails ript , seams opening wide , and compass lost , And day by day some current's thwarting force Sets me THE LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER . 3 Poetic tribute to her memory.
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... Distressing sensations on the oc- casion - Is compelled to relinquish it for ever - Serious attack of depression - Visit of his brother . Ar the age of 21 , in 1752 , Cowper left the solicitor's house , and took possession of a complete ...
... Distressing sensations on the oc- casion - Is compelled to relinquish it for ever - Serious attack of depression - Visit of his brother . Ar the age of 21 , in 1752 , Cowper left the solicitor's house , and took possession of a complete ...
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... distressing apprehensions , that , notwithstanding the previous efforts he made to qualify himself for the office , long before the day arrived that he was to enter upon it , such was the embar- rassed and melancholy state of his mind ...
... distressing apprehensions , that , notwithstanding the previous efforts he made to qualify himself for the office , long before the day arrived that he was to enter upon it , such was the embar- rassed and melancholy state of his mind ...
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... distressed , that had every clerk in the office been my friend , it would have avail- ed me little , for I was not in a condition to receive instruc- tion , much less to elicit it from manuscripts , without direc- tion . " The following ...
... distressed , that had every clerk in the office been my friend , it would have avail- ed me little , for I was not in a condition to receive instruc- tion , much less to elicit it from manuscripts , without direc- tion . " The following ...
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Стр. 65 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. Blind unbelief is sure to err,* And scan his work in vain : God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
Стр. 27 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.
Стр. 271 - 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. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, 'My Father made them all...
Стр. xx - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Стр. 242 - OBSCUREST night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left. No braver chief could Albion boast Than he with whom he went, Nor ever ship left Albion's coast With warmer wishes sent. He loved 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...
Стр. 227 - 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! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will, My Mary! But well thou play'dst the housewife's part, And all thy threads with magic art Have wound themselves about this heart, My Mary!
Стр. 33 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Стр. 228 - Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, . My Mary ! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary ! 20 Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign, Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary...
Стр. 259 - But He, who knew what human hearts would prove, How slow to learn the dictates of his love, That, hard by nature and of stubborn will, A life of ease would make them harder still, In pity to the souls his grace design'd To rescue from the ruins of mankind, Call'd for a cloud to darken all their years, And said, ' Go spend them in the vale of tears.
Стр. 269 - Than cruelty, most devilish of them all. Mercy to him that shows it is the rule And righteous limitation of its act, By which Heaven moves in pardoning guilty man : And he that shows none, being ripe in years, And conscious of the outrage he commits, Shall seek it, and not find it, in his turn.