[92]. His Vashti. The Task, III. 715.
Crazy Kate, etc. The Task, I. 534, et seq.
Loud hissing urn. Ibid. IV. 38.
The night was winter. Ibid. VI. 57–117.
[94]. The first volume of Cowper’s poems. This was published in 1782, and contained Table Talk, The Progress of Error, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, Conversation, Retirement, etc.
The proud and humble believer. Truth, 58–70.
Yon cottager. Truth, 317–36.
But if, unblamable in word and thought. Hope, 622–34.
[95]. Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823). The Farmer’s Boy was written in a London garret. It was published in 1800, and rapidly became popular.
[96]. Thomson, in describing the same image. The Seasons, ‘Spring,’ 833–45.