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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... hymns , most of which were composed at this period , prove that he was no stranger to those corrupt dispositions , which the best of men have to bewail , and which have so strong a tendency to draw away the mind from God . Against these ...
... hymns , most of which were composed at this period , prove that he was no stranger to those corrupt dispositions , which the best of men have to bewail , and which have so strong a tendency to draw away the mind from God . Against these ...
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... hymns , on ex- perimental subjects , suited for public and private worship ; he mentioned the subject to Cowper , and pressed him to un- dertake it , and the result was , a friendly compact to supply the volume between them , with an ...
... hymns , on ex- perimental subjects , suited for public and private worship ; he mentioned the subject to Cowper , and pressed him to un- dertake it , and the result was , a friendly compact to supply the volume between them , with an ...
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... hymn , Book I. is written with the confidence of inspira- tion , and the authority of a prophet . The 96th hymn , of the ... hymns , all of which were uncom- monly excellent , and were afterwards published by Mr. New- ton in the Olney ...
... hymn , Book I. is written with the confidence of inspira- tion , and the authority of a prophet . The 96th hymn , of the ... hymns , all of which were uncom- monly excellent , and were afterwards published by Mr. New- ton in the Olney ...
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... hymn in the Olney collection with which we closed our last chapter . On this occasion , acute as may have been his feelings , he must have experienced an unshaken confidence in God ; for it is scarcely possible to read this admirable ...
... hymn in the Olney collection with which we closed our last chapter . On this occasion , acute as may have been his feelings , he must have experienced an unshaken confidence in God ; for it is scarcely possible to read this admirable ...
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... hymns he composed , prior to this second attack , prove unquestionably that his views of religion were at the remotest distance from what can be termed visionary or enthusiastic : on the contra- ry , they were perfectly scriptural and ...
... hymns he composed , prior to this second attack , prove unquestionably that his views of religion were at the remotest distance from what can be termed visionary or enthusiastic : on the contra- ry , they were perfectly scriptural and ...
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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.