Cowper: The task, with Tirocinium, and selections from the minor poems, A.D. 1784-1799Clarendon Press, 1874 |
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... DEATH OF MRS . THROCKMORTON'S BULL- FINCH ( September 1788 ) ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK ( February 1790 ) THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS ( May 1791 ) YARDLEY OAK ( 1791 ) . THE RETIRED CAT ( 1791 ) . 197 · . 199 203 ...
... DEATH OF MRS . THROCKMORTON'S BULL- FINCH ( September 1788 ) ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK ( February 1790 ) THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS ( May 1791 ) YARDLEY OAK ( 1791 ) . THE RETIRED CAT ( 1791 ) . 197 · . 199 203 ...
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... death of his mother ; and again , in the ill usage which he suffered at his first school . But we have seen that this did not prevent his being thoroughly happy during his seven years at Westminster . Some of his biographers detect in ...
... death of his mother ; and again , in the ill usage which he suffered at his first school . But we have seen that this did not prevent his being thoroughly happy during his seven years at Westminster . Some of his biographers detect in ...
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... death of Dr. John Cowper , which took place on the 3rd of August . He had married a second wife , and there had never been much intercourse between him and his son . On this occasion the Poet paid his last visit to his native place . He ...
... death of Dr. John Cowper , which took place on the 3rd of August . He had married a second wife , and there had never been much intercourse between him and his son . On this occasion the Poet paid his last visit to his native place . He ...
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... into a very small sum of money at his father's death ; and that little was daily becoming less . He held no briefs ; and up to this time his family interest had only availed to procure for him ( AT THE TEMPLE , 1756-63 . XV.
... into a very small sum of money at his father's death ; and that little was daily becoming less . He held no briefs ; and up to this time his family interest had only availed to procure for him ( AT THE TEMPLE , 1756-63 . XV.
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... months of peace and tranquillity , the home at Huntingdon was broken up by the death of Mr. Unwin , in June , 1767. This event rendered it necessary that the widow and her lodger - towards whom ' her behaviour XX LIFE OF COWPER .
... months of peace and tranquillity , the home at Huntingdon was broken up by the death of Mr. Unwin , in June , 1767. This event rendered it necessary that the widow and her lodger - towards whom ' her behaviour XX LIFE OF COWPER .
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Page 73 - 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.
Page 26 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Page 201 - I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, ' Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Page 134 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Page 140 - 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.
Page 202 - Dupe of to-morrow even from a child. Thus many a sad to-morrow came and went, Till all my stock of infant sorrow spent, I learned at last submission to my lot, But, though I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children not thine have trod my nursery floor ; And where the gardener, Robin, day by day, Drew me to school along the public way, Delighted with my bauble coach, and wrapped In scarlet mantle warm, and velvet cap, 'Tis now become a history little...
Page 27 - 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 earned.
Page 203 - I seem to have lived my childhood o'er again ; To have renewed the joys that once were mine, Without the sin of violating thine : And, while the wings of Fancy still are free, And I can view this mimic show of thee, Time has but half succeeded in his theft — Thyself removed, thy power to soothe me left.
Page 56 - In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed ; and, viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Page 203 - Where spices breathe, and brighter seasons smile, There sits quiescent on the floods, that show Her beauteous form reflected clear below, While airs impregnated with incense play Around her, fanning light her streamers gay, — So thou, with sails how swift ! hast reached the shore "Where tempests never beat, nor billows roar;" And thy loved consort on the dangerous tide Of life long since has anchored by thy side.