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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO MRS. THROCKMORTON, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maria! I have every good Last Line: I wish it all fulfilled. | |||
MARIA! I have every good For thee wished many a time, Both sad and in a cheerful mood, But never yet in rhyme. To wish thee fairer is no need, More prudent, or more sprightly, Or more ingenious, or more freed From temper-flaws unsightly. What favour then not yet possessed Can I for thee require, In wedded love already blessed To thy whole heart's desire? None here is happy but in part; Full bliss is bliss divine; There dwells some wish in every heart, And doubtless one in thine. That wish, on some fair future day Which Fate shall brightly gild, ('Tis blameless, be it what it may) I wish it all fulfilled. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM COWPER BOADICEA; AN ODE by WILLIAM COWPER EPITAPH ON A HARE by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME? by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING by WILLIAM COWPER OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE by WILLIAM COWPER ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK] by WILLIAM COWPER |
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