Shelburne Essays: 3rd seriesPutnam, 1905 - 265 strani |
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... strange twist that accompanied the birth of romanticism in France and in England . The conviction came upon Cowper through the agency of dreams and imaginary voices . The depression first seized him on the 24th of January , 1773. About ...
... strange twist that accompanied the birth of romanticism in France and in England . The conviction came upon Cowper through the agency of dreams and imaginary voices . The depression first seized him on the 24th of January , 1773. About ...
Stran 20
... strange that the society from which Cowper fled should have seemed to him whimsical and a little mad . " A line of Bourne's , " he says , " is very expressive of the spectacle which this world exhibits , tragi - comical as the incidents ...
... strange that the society from which Cowper fled should have seemed to him whimsical and a little mad . " A line of Bourne's , " he says , " is very expressive of the spectacle which this world exhibits , tragi - comical as the incidents ...
Stran 46
... strange splendours and unknown music , should we not welcome rather whatever reminded us of the com- mon sights and sounds of our old home ? " It was eminently proper that , as the poet lay awaiting death , with his kinsfolk gathered ...
... strange splendours and unknown music , should we not welcome rather whatever reminded us of the com- mon sights and sounds of our old home ? " It was eminently proper that , as the poet lay awaiting death , with his kinsfolk gathered ...
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... strange . that his letters are filled with complaints of fatigue , and that his health suffered in spite of his robust constitution . Nor was the task ended with the dictation late Friday night . Most of Saturday and Sunday was given up ...
... strange . that his letters are filled with complaints of fatigue , and that his health suffered in spite of his robust constitution . Nor was the task ended with the dictation late Friday night . Most of Saturday and Sunday was given up ...
Stran 74
... strange romance of the familiar . Chateaubriand and the others of that school had sought out the nature of India , the savannahs of America , the forests of Canada . " Here , " he says , " are discoveries for you , — deserts , mountains ...
... strange romance of the familiar . Chateaubriand and the others of that school had sought out the nature of India , the savannahs of America , the forests of Canada . " Here , " he says , " are discoveries for you , — deserts , mountains ...
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Stran 159 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole!" As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, "All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now, than flesh helps soul!
Stran 41 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Stran 45 - They are all gone into the world of light! And I alone sit lingering here ; Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear; It glows and glitters in my cloudy breast, Like stars upon some gloomy grove, Or those faint beams in which this hill is drest After the sun's remove.
Stran 1 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made That thou mightst know me safe and warmly laid , Thy morning bounties ere I left my home. The biscuit, or confectionary plum...
Stran 19 - 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.
Stran 136 - Does the road wind up-hill all the way? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.
Stran 1 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Stran 1 - 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!
Stran 23 - 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 ! For though thou gladly wouldst fulfil The same kind office for me still, Thy sight now seconds not thy will...
Stran 46 - After the sun's remove. I see them walking in an air of glory, Whose light doth trample on my days; My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays.