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Page xviii
... kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were published in 1779 . But it was not until 1780 that Cowper seriously turned his attention to the ...
... kind treatment soon restored him . He and Newton became close associates , and together they wrote the celebrated Olney Hymns , which were published in 1779 . But it was not until 1780 that Cowper seriously turned his attention to the ...
Page xxii
... kind of domestic confidence in his readers , he made his works household words . -W . B. O. PEABODY , North American Review for January , 1834 . BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY . ------- William Cowper , by Robert Southey ; William ...
... kind of domestic confidence in his readers , he made his works household words . -W . B. O. PEABODY , North American Review for January , 1834 . BIOGRAPHY AND CRITICISM BIOGRAPHY . ------- William Cowper , by Robert Southey ; William ...
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... kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy ...
... kind reply : Poor moralist ! and what art thou ? A solitary fly ! Thy joys no glittering female meets , No hive hast thou of hoarded sweets , No painted plumage to display : On hasty wings thy youth is flown ; Thy sun is set , thy ...
Page 15
... kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed on the lake below . Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round face , the snowy beard , The velvet of her paws , 5 Her coat , that with the tortoise vies , 10 Her ears of jet , and ...
... kind , The pensive Selima , reclined , Gazed on the lake below . Her conscious tail her joy declared ; The fair round face , the snowy beard , The velvet of her paws , 5 Her coat , that with the tortoise vies , 10 Her ears of jet , and ...
Page 42
... kind heaven Had armed with spirit , wit , and satire ; But Cobham had the polish given , O And tipped her arrows with good - nature . To celebrate her eyes , her air Coarse panegyrics would but tease her ; Melissa is her " nom de guerre ...
... kind heaven Had armed with spirit , wit , and satire ; But Cobham had the polish given , O And tipped her arrows with good - nature . To celebrate her eyes , her air Coarse panegyrics would but tease her ; Melissa is her " nom de guerre ...
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