The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... death ; And while he thinks to gain the friendly coast , And drops his feet , and feels the sands beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to ...
... death ; And while he thinks to gain the friendly coast , And drops his feet , and feels the sands beneath : Borne by the wave , steep sloping from the shore , Back to th ' inclement deep again he beats The surge aside , and seems to ...
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... death , And frustrate hope severer than despair . But to proceed : a period was now approaching in Cowper's life which presented the peculiarities of his character in their strongest light . Possessing con- nexions from which any other ...
... death , And frustrate hope severer than despair . But to proceed : a period was now approaching in Cowper's life which presented the peculiarities of his character in their strongest light . Possessing con- nexions from which any other ...
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... death of Mr. Unwin , which was occasioned by a fall from his horse , made it necessary that the widow and her son and daughter should find another residence , and Olney being fixed on , Cowper removed thither with his af- fectionate ...
... death of Mr. Unwin , which was occasioned by a fall from his horse , made it necessary that the widow and her son and daughter should find another residence , and Olney being fixed on , Cowper removed thither with his af- fectionate ...
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... death can visit an intellectual and reasoning being . Cowper had continued to compose several minor pieces of poetry , and to employ himself occasionally in reading during some time past , but in January , 1800 , his strength began ...
... death can visit an intellectual and reasoning being . Cowper had continued to compose several minor pieces of poetry , and to employ himself occasionally in reading during some time past , but in January , 1800 , his strength began ...
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... death . Sed hactenus hæc . Some smaller pieces upon less important subjects close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to publi- cation , but I was unwilling they should be omitted . JOHN NEWTON , Charles ...
... death . Sed hactenus hæc . Some smaller pieces upon less important subjects close the volume . Not one of them , I believe , was written with a view to publi- cation , but I was unwilling they should be omitted . JOHN NEWTON , Charles ...
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