„Silently as a dream the fabric rose —
No sound of hammer or of saw was there.“
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 144.
Дата рождения: 26. Ноябрь 1731
Дата смерти: 25. Апрель 1800
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— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 144.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 92.
Контексте: Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass,
The mere materials with which wisdom builds,
Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place,
Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
"Boadicea" (1782).
Контексте: "Regions Caesar never knew
Thy posterity shall sway;
Where his eagles never flew,
None invincible as they."Such the bard's prophetic words, Pregnant with celestial fire, Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre.
Источник: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 37.
Контексте: My friends, do they now and then send
A wish or a thought after me?
O tell me I yet have a friend,
Though a friend I am never to see.
"Boadicea" (1782).
Контексте: "Regions Caesar never knew
Thy posterity shall sway;
Where his eagles never flew,
None invincible as they."Such the bard's prophetic words, Pregnant with celestial fire, Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre.
Источник: The Yardley Oak (1791), Lines 9-11
Источник: Table Talk (1782), Line 1.
St. 63.
The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1785)
Источник: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 53.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book III, The Garden, Line 161.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 560.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book IV, The Winter Evening, Line 297.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book II, The Timepiece, Line 40.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book VI, Winter Walk at Noon, Line 223.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book II, The Timepiece, Line 206.
Источник: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782), Line 17.
— William Cowper, Retirement
Источник: Retirement (1782), Line 615.
— William Cowper, Retirement
Источник: Retirement (1782), Line 688.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book III, The Garden, Line 108.
— William Cowper, The Task
Источник: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 187.