The Poems of William CowperMethuen, 1905 - 741 páginas |
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... must have been . And when we see him so entirely without eyes for any activities or interests but those of his own religious party , we do not feel obliged to think he gives us xviii WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS OLNEY HYMNS-Continued.
... must have been . And when we see him so entirely without eyes for any activities or interests but those of his own religious party , we do not feel obliged to think he gives us xviii WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS OLNEY HYMNS-Continued.
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William Cowper John Cann Bailey. 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 ...
William Cowper John Cann Bailey. 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 ...
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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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... feel the love of Christ , His almost visible and sensible companionship , as Cowper does ; but only a larger nature , a mind of greater breadth and culture , can utter the mystery of faith . For Cowper there is no mystery ; the scheme ...
... feel the love of Christ , His almost visible and sensible companionship , as Cowper does ; but only a larger nature , a mind of greater breadth and culture , can utter the mystery of faith . For Cowper there is no mystery ; the scheme ...
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... feel at once that the simpler sort of natural beauty has rarely been more admirably touched ? Here is , at last ... feeling to which the poet gives utterance is his own , but not all or only his own : it is representative as well as ...
... feel at once that the simpler sort of natural beauty has rarely been more admirably touched ? Here is , at last ... feeling to which the poet gives utterance is his own , but not all or only his own : it is representative as well as ...
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beauty beneath Benham blest boast Bodham breast British Museum charms Child & Co DEAR FRIEND death delight divine dream earth edition eyes fair fame fancy fear feel GEORGE ROMNEY give glory grace hand happy hast Hayley Hayley's heart heaven Hill Homer honour hope John John Fenn John Gilpin John Johnson Johnson Joseph Hill labour Lady Austen Lady Hesketh letter lines live Lord lyre mind Muse nature never Newton numbers o'er Olney Olney Hymns once pain peace perhaps pleasure poem poet poet's praise printed prove rest scene scorn seems shade shine skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Southey stanza sweet Task tears tell thee theme thine things thou art thought translation truth Unwin Vaughan Johnson verse Vincent Bourne virtue Weston Weston Underwood WILLIAM COWPER wish Yaxham youth
Pasajes populares
Página 39 - 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 31 - OH for a closer walk with God ! A calm and heavenly frame ; A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb...
Página 271 - 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 impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it, too ; affectionate in look And tender in address,...
Página 429 - 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 ! She ran upon no rock...
Página 300 - 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 215 - AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 386 - Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight, he rides a race, 'Tis for a thousand pound.
Página 265 - Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ! that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Página 49 - The hand that gave it, still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise, They rise, but never set. 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, For such a bright display, As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day.
Página 332 - 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 —