...associations with Mrs. Unwin's needles. Cowper's lines are, " Thy MEFDLES, once a shining stow, . i For my sake restless, heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, MY MAHT. " My ' STOCKINGS,' oh, departed friend ! My ' SHIRT,' that I so ofi did rend, ' BREECHES,' that...

...it sings. But thou hast little need. There is a book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle...low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For ray sake restless heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary ! For though thou gladly...

...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my...heretofore, Now rust disused, and shine no more, My Mary," contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial, and ordinary image ; I refer Mr. Bowles to the...

...from another poem of Cowper's, to be compared with the same writer's Sylvan Sampler. In the lines to Mary, " Thy needles, once a shining store, For my...restless heretofore, Now rust disused; and shine no more, MyMary,"_ contain a simple, household, " indoor," artificial and ordinary image; I refer Mr. Bowles...

...Lordship's interesting and affecting associations with Mrs. UNWIN'S needles. COWPER'S lines are, " Thy NEEDLES, once a shining store, •' For my sake restless, heretofore, " Now njst disus'd, and shine no more, " My MART." Suppose it were written more closely, according to the...

...receiv'd him as a gift from Thee. TO MARY. [Autumn of 1793.] , THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this...! My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see them daily weaker grow 'Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary !' Thy needles, once a shining...

...will show : — TO MARY. ' The twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, And would that this might be the last, My Mary ! Thy spirits have a fainter glow ; I see thee daily weaker grow ; 'Twas my distress that brought Ihee low, My Mary! Thy needles,...

...She safe in the simplicity of hers. VERSES TO MRS MARY UNWIN. THE twentieth year is well nigh past Since first our sky was overcast; Ah would that this might be our last! Thy spirits have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow; My Mary.' 'Twas my distress...

...should move The stones of Rome to rise in mutiny. MARY. COWPER. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this...shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust disus'd and shine no more, My Mary! But well thou play'd'st the housewife's part; And all thy threads...

...Cesar, that should move The atones of Rome to rise in mutiny. The twentieth year is well nigh past, Since first our sky was overcast, Ah would that this...have a fainter flow, I see thee daily weaker grow, 'Twos my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless...