The Works of William Cowper / His life, letters, and poems, now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence
Drawn from the Life by Romney 1782. W. Greatbach.
WILLIAM COWPER.
BORN 1731 DIED 1800.
THE LIFE AND WORKS of WILLIAM COWPER. Complete In one Volume.
J. L. Harding W. Greatbach
The House in which Cowper was born Berkhamstead.
London. WILLIAM TEGG & Co.
THE WORKS
WILLIAM COWPER:
HIS LIFE, LETTERS, AND POEMS.
NOW FIRST COMPLETED BY THE INTRODUCTION OF
COWPER'S PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
William Cowper
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PREFATORY REMARKS.
DEDICATION.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
VERSES,
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO MAJOR COWPER.
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 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 THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
THE PINE APPLE AND THE BEE.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
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. 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 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 THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO MRS. COWPER.
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. 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. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
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 THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO MRS. COWPER.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
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. 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 THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
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 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 THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
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. 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. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
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. JOHN NEWTON.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
ON THE SHORTNESS OF HUMAN LIFE.
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. 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. 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 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. 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 THE REV. JOHN NEWTON.
EPITAPH ON DR. JOHNSON.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
THE POPLAR FIELD.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
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. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
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 JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
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 LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO GENERAL COWPER.
THE NEGRO'S COMPLAINT.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
THE DOG AND THE WATER-LILY.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON,
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO MRS. BODHAM.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO MRS. BODHAM.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO MRS. BODHAM.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO MRS. BODHAM.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
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 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 MRS. BODHAM, SOUTH GREEN, MATTISHALL, NORFOLK.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.
TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.
TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.
TO THOMAS PARK, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO THE NIGHTINGALE, WHICH THE AUTHOR HEARD ON NEW-YEAR'S DAY, 1792.
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 LADY THROCKMORTON.
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 WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO THE REV. MR. GREATHEED.
TO MRS. COURTENAY.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO MRS. COURTENAY.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
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 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 JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WALTER BAGOT.
TO SAMUEL ROSE, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THOMAS PARK ESQ.
TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ.
TO LADY HESKETH.
TO THE REV. MR. HURDIS.
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 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. 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.
BOOK II.
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.
"TO THE REV. DR. PARR.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM UNWIN.
TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.
TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL.
ON THE GENIUS AND POETRY OF COWPER.
PREFACE TO THE POEMS.
TABLE TALK.
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 ARGUMENT.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
BOOK V.
BOOK VI.
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,
ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE
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.
TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON,
TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT,
INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE
ANOTHER,
TO MRS. KING,
THE FOUR AGES.
THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS.
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.
TO MARY.
THE CASTAWAY.
TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
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.
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.
VII. VANITY OF THE WORLD.
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.
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.
ELEGY VII.
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.
AN ODE, ADDRESSED TO MR. JOHN ROUSE,
ANTISTROPHE.
ANTISTROPHE.
ANTISTROPHE.
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.
ON MILTIADES.
ON AN INFANT.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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