"Cowper's hand did not tremble in writing the lines. Why should my voice falter in repeating them? Depend on it, Shirley, no tear blistered the manuscript of 'The Castaway.' I hear in it no sob of sorrow, only the cry of despair; but, that cry uttered, I believe the deadly spasm passed from his heart, that he wept abundantly, and was comforted."

"Cowper's hand did not tremble in writing the lines. Why should my voice falter in repeating them? I believe that in writing 'The Castaway' the deadly spasm passed from his heart, he wept abundantly, and was comforted."
