Life of William Cowper, EsqBiddle, 1843 - 288 pages |
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... wish of the author to state , that he makes no pretensions to originality in this memoir . He wishes it to be regarded only as a compilation ; and all the merit he claims for it , if indeed it has any , is for the arrangement of those ...
... wish of the author to state , that he makes no pretensions to originality in this memoir . He wishes it to be regarded only as a compilation ; and all the merit he claims for it , if indeed it has any , is for the arrangement of those ...
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... wish bring them , would I wish them here I would not trust my heart , the dear delight Seems so to be desired , perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ill ...
... wish bring them , would I wish them here I would not trust my heart , the dear delight Seems so to be desired , perhaps I might ; But no - what here we call our life is such , So little to be loved , and thou so much , That I should ill ...
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... wish for the decision of this im- portant question ; for I foolishly thought that obedience would follow , were I but convinced that it was worth while to attend to it . Having no reason to expect a miracle , and not hoping to be ...
... wish for the decision of this im- portant question ; for I foolishly thought that obedience would follow , were I but convinced that it was worth while to attend to it . Having no reason to expect a miracle , and not hoping to be ...
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... wish for now . He could see nothing before him but difficulties perfectly insurmountable . The supposed ruined state of his pecuniary circumstances— the imagined contempt of his relations and acquaintance- and the apprehended prejudice ...
... wish for now . He could see nothing before him but difficulties perfectly insurmountable . The supposed ruined state of his pecuniary circumstances— the imagined contempt of his relations and acquaintance- and the apprehended prejudice ...
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... wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother , perceiving he had received some benefit from this interview , in his desire to relieve the poet's depressed mind , wisely overlooked the difference of sentiments on the great ...
... wish it would please God to bestow it on me . " His brother , perceiving he had received some benefit from this interview , in his desire to relieve the poet's depressed mind , wisely overlooked the difference of sentiments on the great ...
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Page 31 - SAVE me, O God ; for the waters are come in unto my soul. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
Page 78 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take : The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
Page 17 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.
Page 214 - That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 16 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Page 255 - 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.
Page 283 - 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 t...
Page 46 - Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 41 - ... The calm retreat, the -silent shade, With prayer and praise agree, And seem by thy sweet bounty made For those who follow thee.
Page 41 - There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode, Oh, with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God ! There like the nightingale she pours Her solitary lays ; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise.