The Works of William Cowper: His life, letters, and poems, now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence

By William Cowper

The Works of William Cowper details correspondence and poems by William Cowper. He was a forerunner of amorous poetry and distilled his inspiration from nature and ordinary life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: May 29, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547021520

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William Cowper

The Works of William Cowper

His life, letters, and poems, now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence

EAN 8596547021520

DigiCat, 2022

Contact: [e-mail]

Table of Contents

PREFACE.

THE LIFE OF COWPER . PART THE FIRST.

VERSES,

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MAJOR COWPER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. COWPER,

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

THE PINE APPLE AND THE BEE.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. HILL.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. COWPER.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO LORD THURLOW.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

PART THE SECOND.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

SONG WRITTEN IN THE SUMMER OF 1783, AT THE REQUEST OF LADY AUSTEN.

SONG.

SONG, ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.

IN SUBMERSIONEM NAVIGII, CUI GEORGIUS, REGALE NOMEN, INDITUM.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON,

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

To THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO MRS. HILL.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

THE POPLAR FIELD.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. KING, PERTEN HALL, NEAR KIMBOLTON, HUNTS.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. KING.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO GENERAL COWPER.

THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT.

TO MRS. HILL.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

THE DOG AND THE WATER-LILY.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO MRS KING.

TO MRS. KING.

TO MRS KING.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO MRS. KING.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. BODHAM.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO MRS. BODHAM.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO MRS KING.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. BODHAM.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. BODHAM.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. MR. BUCHANAN.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

PART THE THIRD.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO DR. JAMES COGSWELL, NEW YORK.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS. BODHAM, SOUTH GREEN, MATTISHALL, NORFOLK.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. MR. KING.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO MRS KING.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO THE NIGHTINGALE, WHICH THE AUTHOR HEARD ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY, 1792.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO LADY THROCKMORTON.

TO THE REV. J. JEKYLL RYE.

TO THE PRINTERS OF THE NORTHAMPTON MERCURY.

TO THE LORD THURLOW.

TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

TO THE LORD THURLOW.

TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

TO THE LORD THURLOW.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH

TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO DR. AUSTEN,

TO MRS. BODHAM.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO DR. DARWIN,

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. MR. GREATHEED.

TO MRS. COURTENAY.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO MRS. COURTENAY.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO MRS. COURTENAY, WESTON-UNDERWOOD.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO MRS. KING.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

TO MR. THOMAS HAYLEY.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THOMAS PARK ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO A YOUNG FRIEND,

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.

TO MRS. CHARLOTTE SMITH.

TO THE REV. MR. GREATHEED.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN JOHNSON.

TO LADY HESKETH.

COWPER'S REPLY.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO MRS. COURTENAY.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO LADY HESKETH.

TO THE REV. MR. JOHNSON.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO MRS. COURTENAY.

TO THE REV. MR. JOHNSON.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

TO THE REV. J. JEKYLL RYE.

TO MRS. COURTENAY.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.

TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO HIS FATHER.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. MR. BUCHANAN.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

FROM THE REV. MR. GREATHEED—TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

TO MARY.

MEMOIR OF THE EARLY LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

ADELPHI.

A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE REV. JOHN COWPER, A.M.

"TO THE REV. DR. PARR.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.

TO ROBERT SMITH, ESQ.

TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

ON THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF COWPER.

PREFACE TO THE POEMS.

TABLE TALK.

THE ARGUMENT.

THE PROGRESS OF ERROR.

THE ARGUMENT.

TRUTH.

THE ARGUMENT.

EXPOSTULATION.

THE ARGUMENT.

HOPE.

THE ARGUMENT.

CHARITY.

THE ARGUMENT.

CONVERSATION.

THE ARGUMENT.

RETIREMENT.

THE ARGUMENT.

THE TASK. BOOK I.

THE SOFA.

THE ARGUMENT.

BOOK II.

THE TIME-PIECE.

THE ARGUMENT.

BOOK III.

THE GARDEN. THE ARGUMENT.

BOOK IV.

THE WINTER EVENING. THE ARGUMENT.

BOOK V.

THE WINTER MORNING WALK. THE ARGUMENT.

BOOK VI.

THE WINTER WALK AT NOON. THE ARGUMENT.

AN EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TIROCINIUM; OR , A REVIEW OF SCHOOLS.

THE YEARLY DISTRESS, OR TITHING TIME AT STOCK IN ESSEX.

SONNET, ADDRESSED TO HENRY COWPER, ESQ.

LINES ADDRESSED TO DR. DARWIN,

ON MRS. MONTAGU'S FEATHER-HANGINGS.

VERSES,

REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE,

ON THE PROMOTION OF EDWARD THURLOW, ESQ.

ODE TO PEACE.

HUMAN FRAILTY.

THE MODERN PATRIOT.

ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY,

ON THE SAME.

THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED;

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH.

THE ROSE.

THE DOVES.

A FABLE.

ODE TO APOLLO.

A COMPARISON.

ANOTHER.

THE POET'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT.

PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED.

THE DOG AND THE WATER LILY.

THE WINTER NOSEGAY.

THE POET, THE OYSTER, AND SENSITIVE PLANT.

THE SHRUBBERY.

MUTUAL FORBEARANCE

THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT.

PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS.

THE MORNING DREAM.

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN;

THE NIGHTINGALE AND GLOWWORM.

AN EPISTLE TO AN AFFLICTED PROTESTANT LADY IN FRANCE.

TO THE REV. W. CAWTHORNE UNWIN.

TO THE REVEREND MR. NEWTON

CATHARINA.

THE MORALIZER CORRECTED.

THE FAITHFUL BIRD.

THE NEEDLESS ALARM.

BOADICEA.

HEROISM.

ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK,

FRIENDSHIP.

ON A MISCHIEVOUS BULL,

ANNUS MEMORABILIS, 1789.

HYMN,

STANZAS.

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION.

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION.

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION.

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION,

ON A SIMILAR OCCASION.

ON A GOLDFINCH,

THE PINE-APPLE AND THE BEE.

VERSES WRITTEN AT BATH, ON FINDING THE HEEL OF A SHOE.

AN ODE,

AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT LLOYD, ESQ.

A TALE, FOUNDED ON A FACT,

TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON, ON HIS RETURN FROM RAMSGATE.

LOVE ABUSED.

A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LADY AUSTEN.

THE COLUBRIAD.

SONG. ON PEACE.

SONG.

VERSES SELECTED FROM AN OCCASIONAL POEM ENTITLED VALEDICTION.

EPITAPH ON DR. JOHNSON.

TO MISS C——, ON HER BIRTHDAY.

GRATITUDE.

LINES COMPOSED FOR A MEMORIAL OF ASHLEY COWPER, ESQ.

ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LONDON.

THE COCK-FIGHTER'S GARLAND.

TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON,

TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT,

INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE

ANOTHER,

TO MRS. KING,

IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN THORNTON, ESQ.

THE FOUR AGES.

THE RETIRED CAT.

THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS.

YARDLEY OAK.

TO THE NIGHTINGALE,

LINES WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM

SONNET

EPIGRAM

TO DR. AUSTIN,

CATHARINA

EPITAPH ON FOP,

SONNET TO GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ.

MARY AND JOHN.

EPITAPH ON MR. CHESTER,

TO MY COUSIN, ANNE BODHAM,

INSCRIPTION FOR A HERMITAGE IN THE AUTHOR'S GARDEN.

TO MRS. UNWIN.

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.

TO A YOUNG FRIEND,

ON A SPANIEL, CALLED BEAU, KILLING A YOUNG BIRD.

BEAU'S REPLY.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.

ANSWER

ON FLAXMAN'S PENELOPE.

TO THE SPANISH ADMIRAL COUNT GRAVINA,

INSCRIPTION

EPITAPH ON A HARE.

EPITAPHIUM ALTERUM.

MEMORANDUM FOUND AMONG MR. COWPER'S PAPERS.

A TALE [836]

TO MARY.

THE CASTAWAY.

TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

ON THE AUTHOR OF LETTERS ON LITERATURE.

THE DISTRESSED TRAVELLERS;

DIALOGUE.

STANZAS

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.

EPITAPH ON MRS. M. HIGGINS,

SONNET TO A YOUNG LADY ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

ON A MISTAKE IN HIS TRANSLATION OF HOMER.

ON THE BENEFIT RECEIVED BY HIS MAJESTY, FROM SEA-BATHING IN THE YEAR 1789.

ADDRESSED TO MISS —— ON READING THE PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCE.

FROM A LETTER TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON,

THE FLATTING MILL.

EPITAPH ON A FREE BUT TAME REDBREAST,

SONNET,

AN EPITAPH.

ON RECEIVING HAYLEY'S PICTURE.

ON A PLANT OF VIRGIN'S BOWER.

ON RECEIVING HEYNE'S VIRGIL

STANZAS,

COWPER'S REPLY.

LINES ADDRESSED TO MISS THEODORA JANE COWPER.

TO THE SAME.

LINES ON A SLEEPING INFANT.

LINES.

INSCRIPTION FOR A MOSS-HOUSE IN THE SHRUBBERY AT WESTON.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM RUSSEL.

ON THE HIGH PRICE OF FISH.

TO MRS. NEWTON.

VERSES PRINTED BY HIMSELF ON A FLOOD AT OLNEY.

EXTRACT FROM A SUNDAY-SCHOOL HYMN.

ON THE RECEIPT OF A HAMPER.

ON THE NEGLECT OF HOMER.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.

A THOUGHT ON THE SEA SHORE.

PRELIMINARY REMARKS ON THE OLNEY HYMNS.

THE OLNEY HYMNS.

I. WALKING WITH GOD.— Gen. v. 24.

II. JEHOVAH-JIREH. THE LORD WILL PROVIDE.— Gen. xxii. 14.

III. JEHOVAH-ROPHI. I AM THE LORD THAT HEALETH THEE.— Exod. xv. 26.

IV. JEHOVAH-NISSI. THE LORD MY BANNER.— Exod. xvii. 15.

V. JEHOVAH-SHALOM. THE LORD SEND PEACE.— Judges vi. 24.

VI. WISDOM.— Prov. viii. 22-31.

VII. VANITY OF THE WORLD.

VIII. O LORD, I WILL PRAISE THEE.— Isaiah xii. 1.

IX. THE CONTRITE HEART.— Isaiah lvii. 15.

X. THE FUTURE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH.— Isaiah ix. 15-20.

XI. JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.— Jer. xxiii. 6.

XII. EPHRAIM REPENTING.— Jer. xxxi. 18-20.

XIII. THE COVENANT.— Ezek. xxxvi. 25-28.

XIV. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH.— Ezek. xlviii. 35.

XV. PRAISE FOR THE FOUNTAIN OPENED.— Zec. xiii. 1.

XVI. THE SOWER.— Matt. xiii. 3.

XVII. THE HOUSE OF PRAYER.— Mark xi. 17.

XVIII. LOVEST THOU ME?— John xxi. 16.

XIX. CONTENTMENT.— Phil. iv. 11.

XX. OLD TESTAMENT GOSPEL.— Heb. iv. 2.

XXI. SARDIS.— Rev. iii. 1-6.

XXII. PRAYER FOR A BLESSING ON THE YOUNG.

XXIII. PLEADING FOR AND WITH YOUTH.

XXIV. PRAYER FOR CHILDREN.

XXV. JEHOVAH JESUS.

XXVI. ON OPENING A PLACE FOR SOCIAL PRAYER.

XXVII. WELCOME TO THE TABLE.

XXVIII. JESUS HASTING TO SUFFER.

XXIX. EXHORTATION TO PRAYER.

XXX. THE LIGHT AND GLORY OF THE WORD.

XXXI. ON THE DEATH OF A MINISTER.

XXXII. THE SHINING LIGHT.

XXXIII. SEEKING THE BELOVED.

XXXIV. THE WAITING SOUL.

XXXV. WELCOME CROSS.

XXXVI. AFFLICTIONS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD.

XXXVII. TEMPTATION.

XXXVIII. LOOKING UPWARDS IN A STORM.

XXXIX. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH.

XL. PEACE AFTER A STORM.

XLI. MOURNING AND LONGING.

XLII. SELF-ACQUAINTANCE.

XLIII. PRAYER FOR PATIENCE.

XLIV. SUBMISSION.

XLV. THE HAPPY CHANGE.

XLVI. RETIREMENT.

XLVII. THE HIDDEN LIFE.

XLVIII. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING.

XLIX. TRUE PLEASURES.

L. THE CHRISTIAN.

LI. LIVELY HOPE AND GRACIOUS FEAR.

LII. FOR THE POOR.

LIII. MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD.

LIV. LOVE CONSTRAINING TO OBEDIENCE.

LV. THE HEART HEALED AND CHANGED BY MERCY.

LVI. HATRED OF SIN.

LVII. THE NEW CONVERT.

LVIII. TRUE AND FALSE COMFORTS.

LIX. A LIVING AND A DEAD FAITH.

LX. ABUSE OF THE GOSPEL.

LXI. THE NARROW WAY.

LXII. DEPENDENCE.

LXIII. NOT OF WORKS.

LXIV. PRAISE FOR FAITH.

LXV. GRACE AND PROVIDENCE.

LXVI. I WILL PRAISE THE LORD AT ALL TIMES.

LXVII. LONGING TO BE WITH CHRIST.

LXVIII. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS.

BRIEF ACCOUNT OF MADAME GUION, AND OF THE MYSTIC WRITERS.

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION.

THE NATIVITY.

GOD NEITHER KNOWN NOR LOVED BY THE WORLD.

THE SWALLOW.

THE TRIUMPH OF HEAVENLY LOVE DESIRED.

A FIGURATIVE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCEDURE OF DIVINE LOVE

A CHILD OF GOD LONGING TO SEE HIM BELOVED.

ASPIRATIONS OF THE SOUL AFTER GOD.

GRATITUDE AND LOVE TO GOD.

HAPPY SOLITUDE—UNHAPPY MEN.

LIVING WATER.

TRUTH AND DIVINE LOVE REJECTED BY THE WORLD.

DIVINE JUSTICE AMIABLE.

THE SOUL THAT LOVES GOD FINDS HIM EVERY WHERE.

THE TESTIMONY OF DIVINE ADOPTION.

DIVINE LOVE ENDURES NO RIVAL.

SELF-DIFFIDENCE.

THE ACQUIESCENCE OF PURE LOVE.

REPOSE IN GOD.

GLORY TO GOD ALONE.

SELF-LOVE AND TRUTH INCOMPATIBLE.

THE LOVE OF GOD, THE END OF LIFE.

LOVE FAITHFUL IN THE ABSENCE OF THE BELOVED.

LOVE PURE AND FERVENT.

THE ENTIRE SURRENDER.

THE PERFECT SACRIFICE.

GOD HIDES HIS PEOPLE.

THE SECRETS OF DIVINE LOVE ARE TO BE KEPT.

THE VICISSITUDES EXPERIENCED IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.

WATCHING UNTO GOD IN THE NIGHT SEASON.

ON THE SAME.

ON THE SAME.

THE JOY OF THE CROSS.

JOY IN MARTYRDOM.

SIMPLE TRUST.

THE NECESSITY OF SELF-ABASEMENT.

LOVE INCREASED BY SUFFERING.

SCENES FAVOURABLE TO MEDITATION.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF MILTON.

ELEGY I. TO CHARLES DEODATI.

ELEGY II. ON THE DEATH OF THE UNIVERSITY BEADLE AT CAMBRIDGE.

ELEGY III. ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.

ELEGY IV. TO HIS TUTOR, THOMAS YOUNG, CHAPLAIN TO THE ENGLISH FACTORY AT HAMBURGH.

ELEGY V. ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING.

ELEGY VI. TO CHARLES DEODATI,

ELEGY VII.

EPIGRAMS. ON THE INVENTOR OF GUNS.

TO LEONORA SINGING AT ROME.

TO THE SAME.

THE COTTAGER AND HIS LANDLORD.

TO CHRISTINA, QUEEN OF SWEDEN, WITH CROMWELL'S PICTURE.

ON THE DEATH OF THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, A PHYSICIAN.

ON THE DEATH OF THE BISHOP OF ELY.

NATURE UNIMPAIRED BY TIME.

ON THE PLATONIC IDEA AS IT WAS UNDERSTOOD BY ARISTOTLE.

TO HIS FATHER.

TO SALSILLUS, A ROMAN POET, MUCH INDISPOSED.

TO GIOVANNI BATTISTA MANSO, MARQUIS OF VILLA.

ON THE DEATH OF DAMON. THE ARGUMENT.

AN ODE, ADDRESSED TO MR. JOHN ROUSE,

ANTISTROPHE.

TRANSLATIONS OF THE ITALIAN POEMS.

SONNET.

SONNET.

CANZONE.

SONNET, TO CHARLES DEODATI.

SONNET.

SONNET.

SIMILE IN PARADISE LOST.

TRANSLATION OF DRYDEN'S EPIGRAM ON MILTON.

TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNE.

I. THE GLOWWORM.

II. THE JACKDAW.

III. THE CRICKET

IV. THE PARROT.

THE THRACIAN.

RECIPROCAL KINDNESS THE PRIMARY LAW OF NATURE.

A MANUAL,

AN ENIGMA.

SPARROWS SELF-DOMESTICATED IN TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

FAMILIARITY DANGEROUS.

INVITATION TO THE REDBREAST.

STRADA'S NIGHTINGALE.

ODE ON THE DEATH OF A LADY,

THE CAUSE WON.

THE SILKWORM.

THE INNOCENT THIEF.

DENNER'S OLD WOMAN.

THE TEARS OF A PAINTER.

THE MAZE.

NO SORROW PECULIAR TO THE SUFFERER.

THE SNAIL.

THE CANTAB.

TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK VERSES.

FROM THE GREEK OF JULIANUS.

ON THE SAME BY PALLADAS.

AN EPITAPH.

ANOTHER.

ANOTHER.

ANOTHER.

BY CALLIMACHUS.

ON MILTIADES.

ON AN INFANT.

BY HERACLIDES.

ON THE REED.

TO HEALTH.

ON INVALIDS.

ON THE ASTROLOGERS.

ON AN OLD WOMAN.

ON FLATTERERS.

ON A TRUE FRIEND.

ON THE SWALLOW.

ON LATE ACQUIRED WEALTH.

ON A BATH, BY PLATO.

ON A FOWLER, BY ISIDORUS.

ON NIOBE.

ON A GOOD MAN.

ON A MISER.

ANOTHER.

ANOTHER.

ON FEMALE INCONSTANCY.

ON THE GRASSHOPPER.

ON HERMOCRATIA.

FROM MENANDER.

ON PALLAS BATHING, FROM A HYMN OF CALLIMACHUS.

TO DEMOSTHENES.

ON A SIMILAR CHARACTER.

ON AN UGLY FELLOW.

ON A BATTERED BEAUTY.

ON A THIEF.

ON PEDIGREE.

ON ENVY.

BY MOSCHUS.

BY PHILEMON.

TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FABLES OF GAY.

LEPUS MULTIS AMICUS.

AVARUS ET PLUTUS.

PAPILIO ET LIMAX.

EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF OWEN.

ON ONE IGNORANT AND ARROGANT.

PRUDENT SIMPLICITY.

TO A FRIEND IN DISTRESS.

RETALIATION.

SUNSET AND SUNRISE.

TRANSLATIONS FROM VIRGIL, OVID, HORACE, AND HOMER.

THE SALAD, BY VIRGIL.

TRANSLATION FROM VIRGIL.

ÆNEID, BOOK VIII. LINE 18.

OVID, TRIST. BOOK V. ELEG. XII.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE IX.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE XXXVIII.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE XXXVIII.

HORACE, BOOK II. ODE X.

A REFLECTION ON THE FOREGOING ODE.

HORACE, BOOK II. ODE XVI.

THE FIFTH SATIRE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE.

THE NINTH SATIRE OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HORACE.

TRANSLATION OF AN EPIGRAM FROM HOMER.

COWPER'S LATIN POEMS.

MONTES GLACIALES, IN OCEANO GERMANICO NATANTES.

ON THE ICE ISLANDS SEEN FLOATING IN THE GERMAN OCEAN.

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TO WILLIAM NORTHCOT.

TRANSLATION.

IN SEDITIONEM HORRENDAM,

TRANSLATION.

MOTTO ON A CLOCK.

A SIMILE LATINIZED.

ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.

IN SUBMERSIONEM NAVIGII, CUI GEORGIUS REGALE NOMEN INDITUM.

IN BREVITATEM VITÆ SPATII HOMINIBUS CONCESSI.

ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE.

THE LILY AND THE ROSE.

IDEM LATINE REDDITUM.

THE POPLAR FIELD.

IDEM LATINE REDDITUM.

VOTUM.

TRANSLATION OF PRIOR'S CHLOE AND EUPHELIA.

VERSES TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LLOYD.

THREE PAPERS, BY COWPER,

No. CXIX.

No. CXXXIV.

MR. VILLAGE TO MR. TOWN.

No. CXXXVIII.

PREFACE.

Table of Contents

In presenting to the public this new and complete edition of the Life, Correspondence, and Poems of Cowper, it may be proper for me to state the grounds on which it claims to be the only complete edition that has been, or can be published.

After the decease of this justly admired author, Hayley received from my lamented brother-in-law, Dr. Johnson, (so endeared by his exemplary attention to his afflicted relative,) every facility for his intended biography. Aided also by valuable contributions from other quarters, he was thus furnished with rich materials for the execution of his interesting work. The reception with which his Life of Cowper was honoured, and the successive editions through which it passed, afforded unequivocal testimony to the industry and talents of the biographer and to the epistolary merits of the Poet. Still there were many, intimately acquainted with the character and principles of Cowper, who considered that, on the whole, a very erroneous impression was conveyed to the public. On this subject no one was perhaps more competent to form a just estimate than the late Dr. Johnson. A long and familiar intercourse with his endeared relative had afforded him all the advantages of a daily and minute observation. His possession of documents, and intimate knowledge of facts, enabled him to discover the partial suppression of some letters, and the total omission of others, that, in his judgment, were essential to the development of Cowper's real character. The cause of this procedure may be explained so as fully to exonerate Hayley from any charge injurious to his honour. His mind, however literary and elegant, was not precisely qualified to present a religious character to the view of the British public, without committing some important errors. Hence, in occasional parts of his work, his reflections are misplaced, sometimes injurious, and often injudicious; and in no portion of it is this defect more visible than where he attributes the malady of Cowper to the operation of religious causes.

It would be difficult to express the painful feeling produced by these facts on the minds of Dr. Johnson and of his friends. Hayley indeed seems to be afraid of exhibiting Cowper too much in a religious garb, lest he should either lessen his estimation, alarm the reader, or compromise himself. To these circumstances may be attributed the defects that we have noticed, and which have rendered his otherwise excellent production an imperfect work. The consequence, as regards Cowper, has been unfortunate. People, observes Dr. Johnson, "read the Letters with 'the Task' in their recollection, (and vice versâ,) and are perplexed. They look for the Cowper of each in the other, and find him not; the correspondency is destroyed. The character of Cowper is thus undetermined; mystery hangs over it, and the opinions formed of him are as various as the minds of the inquirers. It was to dissipate this illusion, that my lamented friend collected the Private Correspondence," containing letters that had been previously suppressed, with the addition of others, then brought to light for the first time. Still there remains one more important object to be accomplished: viz., to present to the British public the whole Correspondence in its entire and unbroken form, and in its chronological order. Then, and not till then, will the real character of Cowper be fully understood and comprehended; and the consistency of his Christian character be found to harmonize with the Christian spirit of his pure and exalted productions.

Supplemental to such an undertaking is the task of revising Hayley's Life of the Poet, purifying it from the errors that detract from its acknowledged value, and adapting it to the demands and expectations of the religious public. That this desideratum has been long felt, to an extent far beyond what is commonly supposed, the Editor has had ample means of knowing, from his own personal observation, and from repeated assurances of the same import from his lamented friend, the Rev. Legh Richmond.[2]

The time for carrying this object into effect is now arrived. The termination of the copyright of Hayley's Life of Cowper, and access to the Private Correspondence collected by Dr. Johnson, enable the Editor to combine all these objects, and to present, for the first time, a Complete Edition of the Works of Cowper, which it is not in the power of any individual besides himself to accomplish, because all others are debarred access to the Private Correspondence. Upwards of two hundred letters will be thus incorporated with the former work of Hayley, in their due and chronological order.

The merits of The Private Correspondence are thus attested in a letter addressed to Dr. Johnson, by a no less distinguished judge than the late Rev. Robert Hall.—"It is quite unnecessary to say that I perused the letters with great admiration and delight. I have always considered the letters of Mr. Cowper as the finest specimen of the epistolary style in our language; and these appear to me of a superior description to the former, possessing as much beauty, with more piety and pathos. To an air of inimitable ease and carelessness they unite a high degree of correctness, such as could result only from the clearest intellect, combined with the most finished taste. I have scarcely found a single word which is capable of being exchanged for a better. Literary errors I can discern none. The selection of words, and the construction of periods, are inimitable; they present as striking a contrast as can well be conceived to the turgid verbosity which passes at present for fine writing, and which bears a great resemblance to the degeneracy which marks the style of Ammianus Marcellinus, as compared to that of Cicero or of Livy. In my humble opinion, the study of Cowper's prose may on this account be as useful in forming the taste of young people as his poetry. That the Letters will afford great delight to all persons of true taste, and that you will confer a most acceptable present on the reading world by publishing them, will not admit of a doubt."

All that now remains is for the Editor to say one word respecting himself. He has been called upon to engage in this undertaking both on public and private grounds. He is not insensible to the honour of such a commission, and yet feels that he is undertaking a delicate and responsible office. May he execute it in humble dependence on the Divine blessing, and in a spirit that accords with the venerated name of Cowper! Had the life of his endeared friend, Dr. Johnson, been prolonged, no man would have been better qualified for such an office. His ample sources of information, his name, and his profound veneration for the memory of Cowper, (whom he tenderly watched while living, and whose eyes he closed in death,) would have awakened an interest to which no other writer could presume to lay claim. It is under the failure of this expectation, which is extinguished by the grave, that the Editor feels himself called upon to endeavour to supply the void; and thus to fulfil what is due to the character of Cowper, and to the known wishes of his departed friend. Peace be to his ashes! They now rest near those of his beloved Bard, while their happy spirits are reunited in a world, where no cloud obscures the mind, and no sorrow depresses the heart: and where the mysterious dispensations of Providence will be found to have been in accordance with his unerring wisdom and mercy.

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It is impossible for the Editor to specify the various instances of revision in the narrative of Hayley, because they are sometimes minute or verbal, at other times more enlarged. The object has been to retain the basis of his work, as far as possible. The introduction of new matter is principally where the interests of religion, or a regard to Cowper's character seemed to require it; and for such remarks the Editor is solely responsible.

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PART THE SECOND.