Thursday, January 1, 2004

Cooper's Hill (Excerpts) Comments

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My eye, descending from the hill, surveys
Where Thames amongst the wanton valleys strays;
Thames, the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons
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Sir John Denham
Cities Sons woods Mothers Plants
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William F. Dougherty 03 December 2006

John Denham's 'Cooper's Hill, ' beyond being a touchstone of 'smooth numbers' in metrical verse, served as the immediate paradigm for Alexander Pope's 'Windsor Forest.'

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