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The Works of William Cowper

Comprising his poems, correspondence, and translations. With a life of the author, by the editor, Robert Southey

Cowper, William (1731-1800)

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TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION.

THE TASK.

AN EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ.

TIROCINIUM:

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN, SHOWING HOW HE WENT FARTHER THAN HE INTENDED, AND CAME SAFE HOME AGAIN.

THE DISTRESSED TRAVELLERS;

A TALE, FOUNDED ON A FACT, WHICH HAPPENED IN JANUARY, 1779.

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

LOVE ABUSED.

A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LADY AUSTEN,

TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON, RECTOR OF ST. MARY WOOLNOTH,

THE COLUBRIAD.

ON FRIENDSHIP.

TO AN AFFLICTED PROTESTANT LADY IN FRANCE.

THE YEARLY DISTRESS;

SONNET TO HENRY COWPER, ESQ. ON HIS EMPHATICAL AND INTERESTING DELIVERY OF THE DEFENCE OF WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ. IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

LINES ADDRESSED TO DR. DARWIN, AUTHOR OF THE “BOTANIC GARDEN.”

ON MRS. MONTAGU'S FEATHER HANGINGS.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH.

THE ROSE.

ODE TO APOLLO.

THE POET'S NEW-YEAR'S GIFT.

PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED.

THE DOG AND THE WATER-LILY.

TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT, ON WHICH I DINED THIS DAY, MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1784.

GRATITUDE.

LINES, COMPOSED FOR A MEMORIAL OF ASHLEY COWPER, ESQ. IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH.

SONG ON PEACE.

SONG. ALSO WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF LADY AUSTEN.

EPITAPH ON JOHNSON.

TO MISS C---, ON HER BIRTHDAY.

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TO MISS C---, ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

How many between east and west,
Disgrace their parent earth,
Whose days constrain us to detest
The day that gave them birth;

Not so when Stella's natal morn
Revolving months restore,
We can rejoice that she was born,
And wish her born once more!