The Poems of William Cowper: Volume II: 1782-1785Clarendon Press, 1980 - 484 من الصفحات This volume includes some of Cowper's finest works, among them such well-known short poems as `The Poplar-Field', `Epitaph on a Hare', `On the Loss of the Royal George' (here restored to the form in which Cowper wrote it, and accompanied by the music for which it was written), and `The Diverting History of John Gilpin' which, two years after its first anonymous publication in a newspaper, suddenly achieved huge popularity in a series of public readings. It also contains Cowper's masterpiece, The Task - one of the most approachable of the great English poems. Cowper's blank verse is a supple instrument, capable of every effect, from the parody-georgic on the growing of cucumbers to the visionary conclusion of Book VI. At the centre of the poem stands the poet himself, presented with wry humour and deep poignancy. The texts are based on manuscripts as well as early editions of the poetry, and are supplied with textual annotation and commentary. In the case of The Task, this is the first fully annotated edition for over a hundred years; its commentary relates the poem to the period in which it was written more fully than any previous edition. |
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... soul thou hast won . 20 Dear theme of my wonder and praise , I cry , who is worthy as Thou ! I can only be silent ... Soul Sick of Love ] the Soul after God Bull 4 And ] Thou deleted A play ] view thee all day deleted A A 7 sorrow ] That ...
... soul thou hast won . 20 Dear theme of my wonder and praise , I cry , who is worthy as Thou ! I can only be silent ... Soul Sick of Love ] the Soul after God Bull 4 And ] Thou deleted A play ] view thee all day deleted A A 7 sorrow ] That ...
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... Soul of our soul , whom yet no sense of ours Discerns , eluding our most active pow'rs , Encircling shades attend thine awful throne That veil thy face and keep thee still unknown , Unknown though dwelling in our inmost part , Lord of ...
... Soul of our soul , whom yet no sense of ours Discerns , eluding our most active pow'rs , Encircling shades attend thine awful throne That veil thy face and keep thee still unknown , Unknown though dwelling in our inmost part , Lord of ...
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... soul so lifeless , and so slow to love , Till on a deluge of thy Mercy toss'd I plunge into that Sea , and there am lost . 180 THE SECRETS OF DIVINE LOVE ARE TO BE KEPT VOLUME 3 CANTIQUE 48 Sun ! stay thy course , this moment stay ...
... soul so lifeless , and so slow to love , Till on a deluge of thy Mercy toss'd I plunge into that Sea , and there am lost . 180 THE SECRETS OF DIVINE LOVE ARE TO BE KEPT VOLUME 3 CANTIQUE 48 Sun ! stay thy course , this moment stay ...
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