The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1905 - 741 páginas |
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... feel it now with that freshness of contemporary enthusiasm which made even Burns break out , " Is not the ' Task ' a glorious poem ? " - but it is still there . Time has not effaced it . Larger and brighter luminaries have appeared in ...
... feel it now with that freshness of contemporary enthusiasm which made even Burns break out , " Is not the ' Task ' a glorious poem ? " - but it is still there . Time has not effaced it . Larger and brighter luminaries have appeared in ...
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... feel sure that , if he could have known himself and his gifts for what they were , he could not have done more with them . As things are , he is a poet almost in spite of himself . And the explanation of that lies in the story of his ...
... feel sure that , if he could have known himself and his gifts for what they were , he could not have done more with them . As things are , he is a poet almost in spite of himself . And the explanation of that lies in the story of his ...
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William Cowper. we do not feel obliged to think he gives us the whole truth when he says , in another of these letters : " For six or seven years after he ( Cowper ) left St. Albans he seemed to live a life of heaven upon earth , " or 66 ...
William Cowper. we do not feel obliged to think he gives us the whole truth when he says , in another of these letters : " For six or seven years after he ( Cowper ) left St. Albans he seemed to live a life of heaven upon earth , " or 66 ...
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... feel one's self in the presence of one of the most delightful of human beings . It is true that , when we come to go through his work in the order of its appearance , we see that this is an impression which could only grow up gradually ...
... feel one's self in the presence of one of the most delightful of human beings . It is true that , when we come to go through his work in the order of its appearance , we see that this is an impression which could only grow up gradually ...
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... feel , Nor think it weakness what we feel to show . " Every line comes from the heart and goes to it . Cowper is nowhere more a poet than in the best of these pieces , and nowhere more himself . In the beautiful stanzas- " Bid adieu ...
... feel , Nor think it weakness what we feel to show . " Every line comes from the heart and goes to it . Cowper is nowhere more a poet than in the best of these pieces , and nowhere more himself . In the beautiful stanzas- " Bid adieu ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 42 - 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.
Página 31 - Dear dying Lamb ! Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more.
Página 252 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 229 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 340 - Toll for the brave ! Brave Kempenfelt is gone ; His last sea-fight is fought ; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle ; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak...
Página 308 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. " To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton, All in a chaise and pair. " My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 297 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, * Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !* The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain-tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Página 211 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Página 188 - Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. But the sea-fowl is gone to her nest, The beast is laid down in his lair, Even here is a season of rest, And I to my cabin repair. There's mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought ! Gives even affliction a grace, And reconciles man to his lot.
Página 235 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain, And plain in manner ; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much...