The Works of William Cowper: The life of William Cowper. Letters, 1765-1783Fraser & Company, 1835 |
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acquaintance admire affection affectionate affliction afterwards agreeable amusement appears believe blessing character cheerful Christian circumstances comfort commencement Cowper dear cousin DEAR FRIEND death distress Dr Johnson duty Eartham East Dereham edition faith favour feelings friendship genius give grace happy Hayley Hayley's heart Heaven Homer honour hope Huntingdon Iliad JOHN NEWTON Johnson JOSEPH HILL labours Lady Austen Lady Hesketh laudanum least letter literary live Lord Martin Madan melancholy mercy Milton mind morning Narrative nature never Newport Pagnell Newton occasion oculist Olney Olney Hymns pain pleased pleasure poems poet poet's praise prayer present Private Correspondence prove reason religion religious religious conversation remark render Scripture seems sensible shew sorrow spirit St Albans St Mary Woolnoth thee thing thou thought tion translation truth Unwin verse Vincent Bourne Westminster Weston WILLIAM COWPER wish write youth
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Стр. 5 - Till, all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learn'd at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot.
Стр. 166 - And it seem'd, to a fanciful view, To weep for the buds it had left with regret, On the flourishing bush where it grew. I hastily seized it, unfit as it was For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd, And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas ! I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground. And such...
Стр. 8 - May I but meet thee on that peaceful shore, The parting word shall pass my lips no more ! Thy maidens, grieved themselves at my concern, Oft gave me promise of thy quick return. What ardently I wish'd I long believed. And, disappointed still, was still deceived. By expectation every day beguiled, Dupe of to-morrow even from a child.
Стр. 116 - When one, that holds communion with the skies, Has filled his urn where these pure waters rise, And once more mingles with us meaner things, 'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings ; Immortal fragrance fills the circuit wide, That tells us whence his treasures are supplied.
Стр. 87 - Tis not, as heads that never ache suppose, Forgery of fancy and a dream of woes ; Man is a harp whose chords elude the sight, Each yielding harmony, disposed aright, The screws reversed, (a task which if he please God in a moment executes with ease,) Ten thousand thousand strings at once go loose, Lost, till he tune them, all their power and use.
Стр. 263 - The poet's or historian's page by one Made vocal for the amusement of the rest...
Стр. 133 - I have been reading Gray's works, and think him the only poet since Shakespeare entitled to the character of sublime. Perhaps you will remember that I once had a different opinion of him. I was prejudiced. He did not belong to our Thursday society, and was an Eton man, which lowered him prodigiously in our esteem. I once thought Swift's letters the best that could be written ; but I like Gray's better. His humour, or his wit, or whatever it is to be called, is never ill-natured or offensive, and...
Стр. 30 - Ah, my dear God ! though I am clean forgot, Let me not love thee, if I love thee not.
Стр. 23 - For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
Стр. 84 - They whose spirits are formed like mine, to whom a public exhibition of themselves, on any occasion, is mortal poison, may have some idea of the horrors of my situation; others can have none.