Shelburne Essays: 3rd seriesPutnam, 1905 - 265 strani |
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... tion had been wrought upon him . After reading Cowper's letter one should turn to Jonathan Ed- wards's treause on The Freedom of the Will , and follow the inexorable logic by which the New England divine proves that God must be the ...
... tion had been wrought upon him . After reading Cowper's letter one should turn to Jonathan Ed- wards's treause on The Freedom of the Will , and follow the inexorable logic by which the New England divine proves that God must be the ...
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... tion of Cowper's style is in the perfect balance of the members , an art which has become almost lost since the eighteenth century , and in the spirit repose of which awakens in the reader such a feel- 16 SHELBURNE ESSAYS.
... tion of Cowper's style is in the perfect balance of the members , an art which has become almost lost since the eighteenth century , and in the spirit repose of which awakens in the reader such a feel- 16 SHELBURNE ESSAYS.
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... tion that speaks . In Massachusetts to Virginia this feeling of outrage calls forth one of the most stirring pieces of personification ever written , nor can I imagine a day when a man of Massachusetts shall be able to read it without a ...
... tion that speaks . In Massachusetts to Virginia this feeling of outrage calls forth one of the most stirring pieces of personification ever written , nor can I imagine a day when a man of Massachusetts shall be able to read it without a ...
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... tion in the earlier years had enhanced this feeling into something akin to a cult . America is still the land of homes . That may be a lowly theme for a poet ; to admire such poetry may , indeed it does , seem to many to smack of a ...
... tion in the earlier years had enhanced this feeling into something akin to a cult . America is still the land of homes . That may be a lowly theme for a poet ; to admire such poetry may , indeed it does , seem to many to smack of a ...
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... tion of the wilder life through which his parents had come added to the snugness and intimacy of these peaceful scenes , and , on the other hand , the encroachment of trade and factories into their midst lent a poignancy of regret for a ...
... tion of the wilder life through which his parents had come added to the snugness and intimacy of these peaceful scenes , and , on the other hand , the encroachment of trade and factories into their midst lent a poignancy of regret for a ...
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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.