[761] See Letter, Dec. 26, 1729.
[762] Cowper believed that he had incurred the Divine displeasure, because he did not commit the crime of self-destruction; a persuasion so manifestly absurd as to afford undeniable proof of derangement.
[763] See p. 122.
[764] We are indebted for this copy to a much esteemed and highly valued friend, the Rev. Charles Bridges.
"... I had a brother once," &c.
The Task, book ii.
[766] There is a beautiful illustration of this sudden and happy change, in Cowper's poem entitled "Hope."
"As when a felon whom his country's laws," &c.
[767] On the 10th of March, vide supra.