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William Cowper

November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
1: A Comparison. The lapse of time and rivers is the same, 12565
2: A Fable. A raven, while with glossy breast 40609
3: A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer 24505
4: A Living And A Dead Faith. The Lord receives his highest praise 24507
5: A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen. Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend 1781 106522
6: A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779. Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream 42520
7: Abuse Of The Gospel. Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, 24472
8: Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville. And dwells there in a female heart, 1762 104624
9: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word. O how I love thy holy word, 24482
10: An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France. Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays 50499
11: An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago 63564
12: An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. Tis not that I design to rob 90468
13: An Epitaph. Here lies one who never drew 1792 18568
14: An Ode, On Reading Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison. Say, ye apostate and profane, 1753 42489
15: Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery. I ransack’d for a theme of song, 71497
16: Another Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady. Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 10482
17: Another Inscription For A Stone Erected On A Similar Occasion At The Same Place In The Following Year. Reader! behold a monument 5612
18: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Another Leonora once inspir'd 12584
19: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more 8642
20: Beau’s Reply. Sir, when I flew to seize the bird 28595
21: Boadicea. An Ode. When the British warrior queen, 44482
22: Catharina. Addressed To Miss Stapleton (Afterwards Mrs. Courtney). She came—she is gone—we have met 56482
23: Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Believe it or not, as you choose, 1792 32562
24: Charity. Qua nihil majus meliusve terris 635476
25: Contentment. - Philippians iv.11. Fierce passions discompose the mind, 32541
26: Conversation. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, 908497
27: Cowper’s Reply. To be remember’d thus is fame, 8555
28: Dependence. To keep the lamp alive, 24484
29: Elegy I. To Charles Diodati.[1] At length, my friend, the far-sent letters come, 95463
30: Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Thee, whose refulgent staff and summons clear, 30529
31: Elegy III. Anno Aetates 17.[1] On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester.[2] Silent I sat, dejected, and alone, 71482
32: Elegy IV. Anno Aetates 18. To My Tutor, Thomas Young,[1] Chaplain Of The English Merchants Resident At Hamburg. Hence, my epistle--skim the Deep--fly o'er 122498
33: Elegy V. Anno Aetates 20. On The Approach Of Spring. Time, never wand'ring from his annual round, 140471
34: Elegy VI To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country With no rich viands overcharg'd, I send 92470
35: Elegy VI. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo.[1] As yet a stranger to the gentle fires 113607
36: Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah xxxi.18-20. My God, till I received thy stroke, 24517
37: Epigram Printed In The Northampton Mercury. To purify their wine, some people bleed 8574
38: Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis. These are not dewdrops, these are tears, 1792 24589
39: Epitaph On A Hare. Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue, 44561
40: Epitaph On Dr. Johnson. Here Johnson lies—a sage by all allow’d, 1785 10601
41: Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton. Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, 1792 10600
42: Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley. Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, 1793 6585
43: Epitaph On Mrs. M. Higgins, Of Weston. Laurels may flourish round the conqueror’s tomb, 1791 8484
44: Exhortation To Prayer. What various hindrances we meet 24499
45: Expostulation. Why, weeps the muse for England? What appears 734484
46: Extract From A Sunday-School Hymn. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, 12548
47: For The Poor. When Hagar found the bottle spent, 20440
48: Friendship. What virtue, or what mental grace 216509
49: From A Letter To The Rev. Mr. Newton, Late Rector Of St. Mary Woolnoth. Says the pipe to the snuff-box, I can’t understand 24554
50: Grace And Providence. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand 24513
51: Gratitude. Addressed To Lady Hesketh. This cap, that so stately appears, 1786 56582
52: Hatred Of Sin. Holy Lord God! I love thy truth, 20469
53: Heroism. There was a time when Ætna’s silent fire 90506
54: Hope. Ask what is human life—the sage replies, 771520
55: Human Frailty. Weak and irresolute is man; 24521
56: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times. Winter has a joy for me, 24609
57: In Memory Of The Late John Thornton, Esq. Poets attempt the noblest task they can, 1790 50576
58: Inscription For A Hermitage In The Author’s Garden. This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, 1793 4599
59: Inscription For A Moss-House In The Shrubbery At Weston. Here, free from riot’s hated noise, 6542
60: Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, The Seat Of T. Giffard, Esq., 1790. Other stones the era tell 1790 17567
61: Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton. Pause here and think: a monitory rhyme 10538
62: Jehovah Jesus. My song shall bless the Lord of all, 24467
63: Jehovah Our Righteousness. - Jeremiah xxiii.6. My God, how perfect are thy ways! 20497
64: Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord Will Provide. - Genesis xxii.14. The saints should never be dismay’d, 24657
65: Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner. - Exodus xvii.15. By whom was David taught 30546
66: Jehovah-Rophi. I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee. - Exodus xv.26. Heal us, Emmanuel, here we are, 24571
67: Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace. - Judges vi.24. Jesus, whose blood so freely stream’d, 24545
68: Jehovah-Shammah. - Ezekiel xlviii.35. As birds their infant brood protect, 20542
69: Jesus Hasting To Suffer. The Saviour, what a noble flame 20468
70: Joy And Peace In Believing. Sometimes a light surprises 32469
71: Light Shining Out Of Darkness. God moves in a mysterious way 24584
72: Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of “The Botanic Garden.” Two Poets (poets, by report, Not oft so well agree), 24494
73: Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper. William was once a bashful youth, 36583
74: Lines Composed For A Memorial Of Ashley Cowper, Esq. Immediately After His Death, By His Nephew William Of Weston. Farewell! endued with all that could engage 1788 12563
75: Lines On A Sleeping Infant. Sweet babe! whose image here express’d 8595
76: Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel. Doom’d, as I am, in solitude to waste 22650
77: Lines Written In An Album Of Miss Patty More’s, Sister Of Hannah More. In vain to live from age to age 1792 4564
78: Lines. Oh! to some distant scene, a willing exile 9583
79: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear. I was a grovelling creature once, 24486
80: Longing To Be With Christ. To Jesus, the Crown of my hope, 32588
81: Looking Upwards In A Storm. God of my life, to thee I call, 24542
82: Love Abused. What is there in the vale of life 24499
83: Love Constraining To Obedience. No strength of nature can suffice 24453
84: Lovest Thou Me? - John xxi.16. Hark, my soul! it is the Lord: 24545
85: Mary And John. If John marries Mary, and Mary alone, 4599
86: Mourning And Longing. The Saviour hides his face! 28467
87: Mutual Forbearance Necessary To The Happiness Of The Married State. The lady thus address’d her spouse 62544
88: My Soul Thirsteth For God. I thirst, but not as once I did, 20458
89: Not Of Works. Grace, triumphant in the throne, 24463
90: O Lord, I Will Praise Thee. - Isaiah xii.1. I will praise thee every day, 20732
91: Ode To Apollo. On An Inkglass Almost Dried In The Sun. Patron of all those luckless brains, 28484
92: Ode To Peace. Come, peace of mind, delightful guest! 24483
93: Old Testament Gospel. - Hebrews iv.2. Israel, in ancient days, Not only had a view 36435
94: On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage. Time was when I was free as air, 18509
95: On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Of Him Sold At The Author’s Instance. Go—thou art all unfit to share 24472
96: On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer. Cowper had sinn’d with some excuse, 8593
97: On A Plant Of Virgin’s Bower. Designed To Cover A Garden-Seat. Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower 1793 16607
98: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1788. Improve the present hour, for all beside 41498
99: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1789. O most delightful hour by man 38468
100: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1790. He who sits from day to day 38463
101: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1792. Happy the mortal who has traced effects 42514
102: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1793. He lives who lives to God alone, 40505
103: On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird. A Spaniel, Beau, that fares like you, 1793 20588
104: On Flaxman’s Penelope. The suitors sinn’d, but with a fair excuse, 1793 4526
105: On Mrs. Montague’s Feather-Hangings. The birds put off their every hue 56478
106: On Observing Some Names Of Little Note Recorded In The Biographia Britannica. Oh, fond attempt to give a deathless lot 14451
107: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer. Jesus! where’er thy people meet, 24492
108: On Receiving Hayley’s Picture. In language warm as could be breathed or penn’d 1793 6575
109: On Receiving Heyne’s Virgil From Mr. Hayley. I should have deem’d it once an effort vain 4538
110: On The Author Of Letters On Literature.[1] The Genius of the Augustan age 12547
111: On The Benefit Received By His Majesty From Sea-Bathing In The Year 1789. O sovereign of an isle renown’d 8587
112: On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield’s Library, Together With His Mss., By The Mob, In The Month Of June 1780. So then—the Vandals of our isle, 12467
113: On The Death Of A Minister. His master taken from his head, 16407
114: On The Death Of Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton’s Bullfinch. Ye nymphs! if e’er your eyes were red 66493
115: On the Death of the Bishop of Ely.[1] Anno Aetates 17. My lids with grief were tumid yet, 68568
116: On the Death of the Vice-Chancellor, A Physician.[1] Learn ye nations of the earth 48613
117: On the Engraver of his Portrait.[1] Survey my Features--you will own it clear 8566
118: On the Fifth of November. Anno Aetates 17. Am pius extrema veniens Jacobus ab arcto 2261383
119: On The Gunpowder Plot.[1] Cum simul in regem nuper satrapasque Britannos 421624
120: On The High Price Of Fish. Cocoa-nut naught, Fish too dear, 16519
121: On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean. What portents, from what distant region, ride, 1799 64554
122: On The Loss Of The Royal George. Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more; 1782 36471
123: On The Neglect Of Homer. Could Homer come himself, distress’d and poor, 4530
124: On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle. Ye sister Pow'rs who o'er the sacred groves 524
125: On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England. Round Thurlow’s head in early youth, 20423
126: On The Queen’s Visit To London. The Night Of The Seventeenth Of March 1789. When, long sequester’d from his throne, 1789 80497
127: On The Receipt Of A Hamper. The straw-stuff’d hamper with his ruthless steel 8535
128: On The Receipt Of My Mother’s Picture Out Of Norfolk, The Gift Of My Cousin, Ann Bodham. O that those lips had language! Life has pass’d 121448
129: On The Same. (On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield’s Library, Together With His Mss., By The Mob, In The Month Of June 1780.) When wit and genius meet their doom 16415
130: Pairing Time Anticipated. A Fable. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau 66458
131: Paradisum Amissam, Lib. II [1] Quales aerii montis de vertice nubes 8975
132: Peace After A Storm. When darkness long has veil’d my mind, 24536
133: Pity For Poor Africans. I own I am shock’d at the purchase of slaves, 44452
134: Pleading For And With Youth. Sin has undone our wretched race, 24435
135: Praise For Faith. Of all the gifts thine hand bestows, 20411
136: Praise For The Fountain Opened. - Zechariah xiii.1. There is a fountain fill’d with blood 28455
137: Prayer For A Blessing On The Young. Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth 24433
138: Prayer For Children. Gracious Lord, our children see, 24387
139: Prayer For Patience. Lord, who hast suffer’d all for me, 24436
140: Psalm CXIV When the blest seed of Terah's faithful Son, 18564
141: Psalm CXIV [1] When Israel by Jehovah call'd 34562
142: Report Of An Adjudged Case, Not To Be Found In Any Of The Books. Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, 32498
143: Retirement. Hackney’d in business, wearied at that oar, 808422
144: Retirement. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 24403
145: Sardis. - Revelation iii.1-6. Write to Sardis,” saith the Lord, 24416
146: Seeking The Beloved. To those who know the Lord I speak, 24440
147: Self-Acquaintance. Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, 24453
148: Song. When all within is peace, 24543
149: Song. On Peace. No longer I follow a sound; 1783 16428
150: Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day. Deem not, sweet rose, that bloom’st’ midst many a thorn, 14518
151: Sonnet To George Romney, Esq. On His Picture Of Me In Crayons, Romney, expert infallibly to trace 1792 14532
152: Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq. Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, 1792 16566
153: Sonnet, Addressed To Henry Cowper, Esq. Cowper, whose silver voice, task’d sometimes hard, 14403
154: Sonnet, Addressed To William Hayley, Esq. Hayley—thy tenderness fraternal shown 1792 14571
155: Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh, By A Lady, What wonder! if my wavering hand 12582
156: Stanzas. Pale death with equal foot strikes wide the door 42442
157: Stanzas. On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton.[1] Me too, perchance, in future days, 1790 24470
158: Submission. O Lord, my best desire fulfil, 24383
159: Table Talk. You told me, I remember, glory, built 772528
160: Temptation. The billows swell, the winds are high, 20439
161: That Nature Is Not Subject To Decay. Ah, how the Human Mind wearies herself 83563
162: The Bird’s Nest. A Tale.[1] In Scotland’s realms, where trees are few, 1793 80471
163: The Castaway. Obscurest night involved the sky, 1799 66508
164: The Christian. Honour and happiness unite 24383
165: The Cock-Fighter’s Garland.[1] Muse—hide his name of whom I sing, 1789 78522
166: The Colubriad. Close by the threshold of a door nail’d fast 1782 41523
167: The Contrite Heart. - Isaiah lvii.15. The Lord will happiness divine 24459
168: The Covenant. - Ezekiel xxxvi.25-28. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! 24490
169: The Death of Damon. Ye Nymphs of Himera (for ye have shed 305569
170: The Distressed Travellers; Or, Labour In Vain. I sing of a journey to Clifton, 77480
171: The Diverting History Of John Gilpin; Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, And Came Safe Home Again. John Gilpin was a citizen 252418
172: The Dog And The Water Lily. No Fable. The noon was shady, and soft airs 44492
173: The Doves. Reasoning at every step he treads, 40453
174: The Fable of the Peasant and his Landlord.[1] A Peasant to his lord yearly court, 12558
175: The Faithful Bird. The greenhouse is my summer seat; 36454
176: The Flatting Mill. When a bar of pure silver or ingot of gold 24505
177: The Four Ages. I could be well content, allowed the use 1791 38542
178: The Future Peace And Glory Of The Church. - Isaiah ix.15-20. Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, 24447
179: The Happy Change. How blest thy creature is, O God, 24427
180: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy. Sin enslaved me many years, 24373
181: The Hidden Life. To tell the Saviour all my wants, 24422
182: The House Of Prayer. - Mark xi.17. Thy mansion is the Christian’s heart, 24453
183: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book I. Achilles sing, O Goddess! Peleus' son; 751441
184: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book II. All night both Gods and Chiefs equestrian slept, 1075504
185: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book III. Now marshall'd all beneath their several chiefs, 540455
186: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IV. Now, on the golden floor of Jove's abode 644409
187: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IX. So watch'd the Trojan host; but thoughts of flight, 885429
188: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book V. Then Athenæan Pallas on the son 1083418
189: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VI. Thus was the field forsaken by the Gods. 645398
190: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VII. So saying, illustrious Hector through the gates 570433
191: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VIII. The saffron-mantled morning now was spread 655408
192: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book X. All night the leaders of the host of Greece 684431
193: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XI. Aurora from Tithonus' side arose 1034412
194: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XII. So was Menoetius' gallant son employ'd 573497
195: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIII. When Jove to Hector and his host had given 1017429
196: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. Nor was that cry by Nestor unperceived 632396
197: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. The games all closed, the people went dispersed 1012451
198: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIX. Now rose the morn in saffron vest attired 521414
199: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XV. But when the flying Trojans had o'erpass'd 903422
200: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVI. Such contest for that gallant bark they waged. 1062443
201: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVII. Nor Menelaus, Atreus' valiant son, 921391
202: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVIII. Thus burn'd the battle like devouring fire. 765422
203: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XX. The Grecians, thus, before their lofty ships 619397
204: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXI. But when they came, at length, where Xanthus winds 708449
205: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXII. Thus they, throughout all Troy, like hunted fawns 602647
206: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXIII. Such mourning was in Troy; meantime the Greeks 1107415
207: The Judgment Of The Poets. Two nymphs, both nearly of an age, 1791 40530
208: The Light And Glory Of The Word. The Spirit breathes upon the Word, 20426
209: The Lily And The Rose. The nymph must lose her female friend, 28565
210: The Love Of The World Reproved: Or, Hypocrisy Detected. Thus says the prophet of the Turk, 38438
211: The Modern Patriot. Rebellion is my theme all day; 24411
212: The Moralizer Corrected. A Tale. A hermit (or if ‘chance you hold 58438
213: The Morning Dream. Twas in the glad season of spring, 48409
214: The Narrow Way. What thousands never knew the road! 20443
215: The Needless Alarm. A Tale. There is a field, through which I often pass, 134378
216: The Negro’s Complaint. Forced from home and all its pleasures, 56602
217: The New Convert. The new-born child of gospel grace, 20365
218: The Nightingale And Glowworm. A nightingale, that all day long 38481
219: The Philosopher and the King. Know this, O King! that if thou shalt destroy 6514
220: The Pine-Apple And The Bee. The pine-apples, in triple row, 36378
221: The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant. An Oyster, cast upon the shore, 66464
222: The Poet’s New Year’s Gift. To Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton. Maria! I have every good 20403
223: The Poplar Field. The poplars are fell’d, farewell to the shade, 20528
224: The Progress Of Error. Sing, muse (if such a theme, so dark, so long 625446
225: The Retired Cat. A poet’s cat, sedate and grave 1791 117602
226: The Rose. The rose had been wash’d, just wash’d in a shower, 20449
227: The Shining Light. My former hopes are fled, 20425
228: The Shrubbery. Written In A Time Of Affliction. Oh, happy shades—to me unblest! 24427
229: The Sower. - Matthew xiii.3. Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough, 24446
230: The Task. Book I. The Sofa. I sing the Sofa. I, who lately sang 775521
231: The Task. Book II. The Timepiece. Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, 832435
232: The Task. Book III. The Garden. As one who, long in thickets and in brakes 848484
233: The Task. Book IV. The Winter Evening. Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, 801393
234: The Task. Book V. The Winter Morning Walk. Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb 906472
235: The Task. Book VI. The Winter Walk At Noon. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, 1024394
236: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death. My soul is sad, and much dismay’d, 20377
237: The Waiting Soul. Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord, 24457
238: The Winter Nosegay. What Nature, alas! has denied 24419
239: Tirocinium; Or, A Review Of Schools. It is not from his form, in which we trace 924399
240: To A Young Friend, On His Arriving At Cambridge Wet, When No Rain Had Fallen There. If Gideon’s fleece, which drench’d with dew he found 1793 8534
241: To Christina, Queen of Sweden, with Cromwell's Picture.[1] Christina, maiden of heroic mien! 499
242: To Dr. Austin, Of Cecil Street, London. Austin! accept a grateful verse from me, 14471
243: To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa. These verses also to thy praise the Nine 114498
244: To Giovanni Salzilli, a Roman Poet, in his Illness. Scazons.[1] My halting Muse, that dragg'st by choice along 40558
245: To John Johnston, Esq., On His Presenting Me With An Antique Bust Of Homer. Kinsman beloved, and as a son, by me! 1793 14493
246: To Leonora,[1] Singing in Rome.[2] Angelus unicuique suus (sic credite gentes) 101317
247: To Mary (Mrs. Unwin). The twentieth year is well nigh past 1793 52438
248: To Mary. The twentieth year is well-nigh past 52491
249: To Miss C-----, On Her Birthday. How many between east and west 1786 8502
250: To Mr. John Rouse, Librarian of the University of Oxford, An Ode[1] on a Lost Volume of my Poems Which He Desired Me to Replace that He Might Add Them to My Other Works Deposited in the Library. My two-fold Book! single in show 92484
251: To Mrs. King, On Her Kind Present To The Author, A Patchwork Counterpane Of Her Own Making. The bard, if e’er he feel at all, 1790 36478
252: To Mrs. Newton. A noble theme demands a noble verse, 36513
253: To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace’s Ode, “Ad Librum Suum.” Maria, could Horace have guess’d 1790 16492
254: To Mrs. Unwin. Mary! I want a lyre with other strings, 14 508
255: To My Cousin, Anne Bodham, On Receiving From Her A Network Purse Made By Herself. My gentle Anne, whom heretofore, 1793 12495
256: To My Father. Oh that Pieria's spring would thro' my breast 148479
257: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dear President, whose art sublime 42472
258: To The Immortal Memory Of The Halibut, On Which I Dined This Day, Monday, April 26, 1784. Where hast thou floated, in what seas pursued 27490
259: To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year’s Day. Whence is it that, amazed, I hear 1792 24508
260: To The Rev. Mr. Newton, On His Return From Ramsgate. That ocean you have late survey’d, 1780 16400
261: To The Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin. Unwin, I should but ill repay 30436
262: To The Rev. William Bull. My dear Friend, If reading verse be your delight, 1792 72498
263: To The Reverend Mr. Newton. An Invitation Into The Country. The swallows in their torpid state 24378
264: To The Same. (Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper.) How quick the change from joy to woe, 20472
265: To The Spanish Admiral Count Gravina, On His Translating The Author’s Song On A Rose Into Italian Verse. My rose, Gravina, blooms anew, 1793 4513
266: To Warren Hastings, Esq. By An Old Schoolfellow Of His At Westminster. Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind, 6471
267: To William Hayley, Esq. Dear architect of fine chateaux in air, 1793 14575
268: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book I Muse make the man thy theme, for shrewdness famed 566461
269: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book II Aurora, rosy daughter of the dawn, 555546
270: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book III The sun, emerging from the lucid waves, 626501
271: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IV In hollow Lacedæmon's spacious vale 1028480
272: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IX Then answer, thus, Ulysses wise return'd. 668478
273: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book V Aurora from beside her glorious mate 600483
274: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VI There then the noble suff'rer lay, by sleep 409453
275: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VII Such pray'r Ulysses, toil-worn Chief renown'd, 431502
276: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VIII But when Aurora, daughter of the dawn, 720434
277: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book X We came to the Æolian isle; there dwells 698472
278: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XI Arriving on the shore, and launching, first, 780483
279: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XII And now, borne seaward from the river-stream 531585
280: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIII He ceas'd; the whole assembly silent sat, 531485
281: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIV Leaving the haven-side, he turn'd his steps 650493
282: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIX They went, but left the noble Chief behind 749429
283: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XV Meantime to Lacedæmon's spacious vale 675449
284: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVI It was the hour of dawn, when in the cot 567438
285: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVII Now look'd Aurora from the East abroad, 729401
286: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVIII Now came a public mendicant, a man 534440
287: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XX But in the vestibule the Hero lay 4761376
288: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXI Minerva, now, Goddess cærulean-eyed, 520419
289: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXII Then, girding up his rags, Ulysses sprang 580391
290: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIII And now, with exultation loud the nurse 448444
291: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIV And now Cyllenian Hermes summon'd forth 638526
292: Translations Of The Italian Poems Fair Lady, whose harmonious name the Rheno 85620
293: True And False Comforts. O God, whose favourable eye 24351
294: True Pleasures. Lord, my soul with pleasure springs, 24438
295: Truth. Man, on the dubious waves of error toss’d, 590446
296: Vanity Of The World God gives his mercies to be spent; 24477
297: Verses Addressed To A Country Clergyman, Complaining Of The Disagreeableness Of The Day Annually Appointed For Receiving The Dues At The Parsonage Come, ponder well, for ‘tis no jest, 68462
298: Verses Printed By Himself, On A Flood At Olney. To watch the storms, and hear the sky 18509
299: Verses Selected From An Occasional Poem Entitled “Valediction.” O Friendship! cordial of the human breast! 1783 50530
300: Verses To The Memory Of Dr. Lloyd. Our good old friend is gone; gone to his rest, 24563
301: Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe. Fortune! I thank thee: gentle goddess! thanks! 1748 46403
302: Verses, Supposed To Be Written By Alexander Selkirk, During His Solitary Abode In The Island Of Juan Fernandez. I am monarch of all I survey, 56381
303: Walking With God. - Genesis v.24. Oh! for a closer walk with God, 24569
304: Welcome Cross. Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, 24369
305: Welcome To The Table. This is the feast of heavenly wine, 20373
306: Wisdom. - Proverbs viii.22-31. Ere God had built the mountains, 32437
307: Yardley Oak.[1] Survivor sole, and hardly such, of all 1791 161508




About:
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
He was a nephew of the poet Judith Madan.


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