Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of CowperR. Carter & brothers, 1856 - 415 páginas |
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... poem of such consum- mate bright perfection as " The Task " had proved that his mind was as transparent and serene in its faculties of genius and of power , almost as an angel's . But the second access of his malady came on , a second ...
... poem of such consum- mate bright perfection as " The Task " had proved that his mind was as transparent and serene in its faculties of genius and of power , almost as an angel's . But the second access of his malady came on , a second ...
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... poets in our world , beloved as well as admired by those who read him , was in the town of Great Birkhamstead , in Hertfordshire county , in En- gland . He was born in 1731 , November the 15th , at the rectory of his father , Dr. John ...
... poets in our world , beloved as well as admired by those who read him , was in the town of Great Birkhamstead , in Hertfordshire county , in En- gland . He was born in 1731 , November the 15th , at the rectory of his father , Dr. John ...
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... poem recommending private tuition in preference to an education in any public school whatever . Cowper delighted in the athletic sports of boyhood , and was foremost in them for skill and energy , so that thus far , at least , it was ...
... poem recommending private tuition in preference to an education in any public school whatever . Cowper delighted in the athletic sports of boyhood , and was foremost in them for skill and energy , so that thus far , at least , it was ...
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... poem . The reader of it knowing that Cow- per drew his description from reality , and that he did not exaggerate nor set down any thing in mal- ice , can not wonder at the feelings of the poet , nor at his calling the public schools ...
... poem . The reader of it knowing that Cow- per drew his description from reality , and that he did not exaggerate nor set down any thing in mal- ice , can not wonder at the feelings of the poet , nor at his calling the public schools ...
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... poets , what combined madness and dishonesty to set up any system of public education of which the end is not man's highest interest , and the means God's truth ! Now the truths ( Cowper continues ) found out only with great pains by ...
... poets , what combined madness and dishonesty to set up any system of public education of which the end is not man's highest interest , and the means God's truth ! Now the truths ( Cowper continues ) found out only with great pains by ...
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admirable affectionate affections afflicted afterward beautiful blessing CHILDHOOD OF COWPER Christ Christian Church conscience conversion darkness dear death dejection delightful delusion despair distress Divine grace Divine Providence dreadful dream Eartham enjoyment eternal experience exquisite faith feel felt forever genius gloom glory God's Gospel habit happy Hayley heart heaven heavenly hope Huntingdon insanity Jesus John Gilpin John Newton knew labor Lady Hesketh letter to Lady LETTERS TO NEWTON light lived Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Mahon LORD THURLOW Madan madness malady Martin Madan melancholy mental mercy mind misery Mundesley nature ness never night OLNEY HYMNS once passed peace per's period pietism piety poem poet poetry pray prayer reason regard religion religious RELIGIOUS CONVERSATION rience says seemed sorrow soul Southey spirit suffered sweet Teedon tender thee thing thou thought tion truth Unwin verse walk Westminster School Weston whole write wrote
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Página 301 - I heard the bell toll'd on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such?
Página 123 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades There was I found by one who had himself Been hurt by th
Página 294 - FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, From strife and tumult far ; From scenes where Satan wages still His most successful war. 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Página 401 - Could catch the sound no more : For then, by toil subdued, he drank The stifling wave, and then he sank. No poet wept him : but the page Of narrative sincere, That tells his name, his worth, his age, Is wet with Anson's tear : And tears by bards or heroes shed Alike immortalize the dead. I therefore purpose not, or dream, Descanting on his fate, To give the melancholy theme A more enduring date: But misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case.
Página 66 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...
Página 11 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...
Página 205 - That, reaching home, the night, they said, is near, We must not now be parted, sojourn here — The new acquaintance soon became a guest, And, made so welcome at their simple feast, He...
Página 300 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile 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!
Página 376 - Twas my distress that brought thee low, My Mary! Thy needles, once a shining store, For my sake restless heretofore, Now rust, disused, and shine no more, My Mary!
Página 124 - Been hurt by th' archers. In his side he bore, And in his hands and feet, the cruel scars. With gentle force soliciting the darts, He drew them forth, and heal'd, and bade me live. Since then, with few associates, in remote And silent woods I wander, far from those My former partners of the peopled scene ; With few associates, and not wishing more. Here much I ruminate, as much I may, With other views of men and manners now Than once, and others of a life to come.