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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, 12319
2: A Fable. A raven, while with glossy breast 40319
3: A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer 24251
4: A Living And A Dead Faith. The Lord receives his highest praise 24246
5: A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen. Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend 1781 106257
6: A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779. Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream 42288
7: Abuse Of The Gospel. Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, 24253
8: Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville. And dwells there in a female heart, 1762 104360
9: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word. O how I love thy holy word, 24242
10: An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France. Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays 50255
11: An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago 63282
12: An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. Tis not that I design to rob 90274
13: An Epitaph. Here lies one who never drew 1792 18352
14: An Ode, On Reading Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison. Say, ye apostate and profane, 1753 42242
15: Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery. I ransack’d for a theme of song, 71266
16: Another Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady. Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 10258
17: Another Inscription For A Stone Erected On A Similar Occasion At The Same Place In The Following Year. Reader! behold a monument 5375
18: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Another Leonora once inspir'd 12370
19: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more 8369
20: Beau’s Reply. Sir, when I flew to seize the bird 28357
21: Boadicea. An Ode. When the British warrior queen, 44247
22: Catharina. Addressed To Miss Stapleton (Afterwards Mrs. Courtney). She came—she is gone—we have met 56246
23: Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Believe it or not, as you choose, 1792 32335
24: Charity. Qua nihil majus meliusve terris 635265
25: Contentment. - Philippians iv.11. Fierce passions discompose the mind, 32282
26: Conversation. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, 908263
27: Cowper’s Reply. To be remember’d thus is fame, 8337
28: Dependence. To keep the lamp alive, 24238
29: Elegy I. To Charles Diodati.[1] At length, my friend, the far-sent letters come, 95246
30: Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Thee, whose refulgent staff and summons clear, 30269
31: Elegy III. Anno Aetates 17.[1] On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester.[2] Silent I sat, dejected, and alone, 71244
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 122241
33: Elegy V. Anno Aetates 20. On The Approach Of Spring. Time, never wand'ring from his annual round, 140246
34: Elegy VI To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country With no rich viands overcharg'd, I send 92235
35: Elegy VI. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo.[1] As yet a stranger to the gentle fires 113354
36: Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah xxxi.18-20. My God, till I received thy stroke, 24278
37: Epigram Printed In The Northampton Mercury. To purify their wine, some people bleed 8321
38: Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis. These are not dewdrops, these are tears, 1792 24340
39: Epitaph On A Hare. Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue, 44304
40: Epitaph On Dr. Johnson. Here Johnson lies—a sage by all allow’d, 1785 10392
41: Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton. Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, 1792 10359
42: Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley. Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, 1793 6360
43: Epitaph On Mrs. M. Higgins, Of Weston. Laurels may flourish round the conqueror’s tomb, 1791 8269
44: Exhortation To Prayer. What various hindrances we meet 24238
45: Expostulation. Why, weeps the muse for England? What appears 734259
46: Extract From A Sunday-School Hymn. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, 12358
47: For The Poor. When Hagar found the bottle spent, 20220
48: Friendship. What virtue, or what mental grace 216280
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 24335
50: Grace And Providence. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand 24249
51: Gratitude. Addressed To Lady Hesketh. This cap, that so stately appears, 1786 56362
52: Hatred Of Sin. Holy Lord God! I love thy truth, 20244
53: Heroism. There was a time when Ætna’s silent fire 90270
54: Hope. Ask what is human life—the sage replies, 771257
55: Human Frailty. Weak and irresolute is man; 24237
56: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times. Winter has a joy for me, 24338
57: In Memory Of The Late John Thornton, Esq. Poets attempt the noblest task they can, 1790 50357
58: Inscription For A Hermitage In The Author’s Garden. This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, 1793 4322
59: Inscription For A Moss-House In The Shrubbery At Weston. Here, free from riot’s hated noise, 6337
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 17344
61: Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton. Pause here and think: a monitory rhyme 10321
62: Jehovah Jesus. My song shall bless the Lord of all, 24243
63: Jehovah Our Righteousness. - Jeremiah xxiii.6. My God, how perfect are thy ways! 20287
64: Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord Will Provide. - Genesis xxii.14. The saints should never be dismay’d, 24398
65: Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner. - Exodus xvii.15. By whom was David taught 30323
66: Jehovah-Rophi. I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee. - Exodus xv.26. Heal us, Emmanuel, here we are, 24342
67: Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace. - Judges vi.24. Jesus, whose blood so freely stream’d, 24332
68: Jehovah-Shammah. - Ezekiel xlviii.35. As birds their infant brood protect, 20277
69: Jesus Hasting To Suffer. The Saviour, what a noble flame 20257
70: Joy And Peace In Believing. Sometimes a light surprises 32238
71: Light Shining Out Of Darkness. God moves in a mysterious way 24361
72: Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of “The Botanic Garden.” Two Poets (poets, by report, Not oft so well agree), 24269
73: Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper. William was once a bashful youth, 36356
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 12329
75: Lines On A Sleeping Infant. Sweet babe! whose image here express’d 8360
76: Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel. Doom’d, as I am, in solitude to waste 22419
77: Lines Written In An Album Of Miss Patty More’s, Sister Of Hannah More. In vain to live from age to age 1792 4345
78: Lines. Oh! to some distant scene, a willing exile 9344
79: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear. I was a grovelling creature once, 24244
80: Longing To Be With Christ. To Jesus, the Crown of my hope, 32329
81: Looking Upwards In A Storm. God of my life, to thee I call, 24249
82: Love Abused. What is there in the vale of life 24238
83: Love Constraining To Obedience. No strength of nature can suffice 24231
84: Lovest Thou Me? - John xxi.16. Hark, my soul! it is the Lord: 24299
85: Mary And John. If John marries Mary, and Mary alone, 4346
86: Mourning And Longing. The Saviour hides his face! 28241
87: Mutual Forbearance Necessary To The Happiness Of The Married State. The lady thus address’d her spouse 62270
88: My Soul Thirsteth For God. I thirst, but not as once I did, 20243
89: Not Of Works. Grace, triumphant in the throne, 24249
90: O Lord, I Will Praise Thee. - Isaiah xii.1. I will praise thee every day, 20343
91: Ode To Apollo. On An Inkglass Almost Dried In The Sun. Patron of all those luckless brains, 28273
92: Ode To Peace. Come, peace of mind, delightful guest! 24235
93: Old Testament Gospel. - Hebrews iv.2. Israel, in ancient days, Not only had a view 36232
94: On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage. Time was when I was free as air, 18271
95: On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Of Him Sold At The Author’s Instance. Go—thou art all unfit to share 24240
96: On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer. Cowper had sinn’d with some excuse, 8337
97: On A Plant Of Virgin’s Bower. Designed To Cover A Garden-Seat. Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower 1793 16362
98: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1788. Improve the present hour, for all beside 41243
99: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1789. O most delightful hour by man 38239
100: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1790. He who sits from day to day 38230
101: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1792. Happy the mortal who has traced effects 42250
102: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1793. He lives who lives to God alone, 40228
103: On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird. A Spaniel, Beau, that fares like you, 1793 20360
104: On Flaxman’s Penelope. The suitors sinn’d, but with a fair excuse, 1793 4317
105: On Mrs. Montague’s Feather-Hangings. The birds put off their every hue 56232
106: On Observing Some Names Of Little Note Recorded In The Biographia Britannica. Oh, fond attempt to give a deathless lot 14241
107: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer. Jesus! where’er thy people meet, 24253
108: On Receiving Hayley’s Picture. In language warm as could be breathed or penn’d 1793 6330
109: On Receiving Heyne’s Virgil From Mr. Hayley. I should have deem’d it once an effort vain 4334
110: On The Author Of Letters On Literature.[1] The Genius of the Augustan age 12277
111: On The Benefit Received By His Majesty From Sea-Bathing In The Year 1789. O sovereign of an isle renown’d 8342
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, 12240
113: On The Death Of A Minister. His master taken from his head, 16223
114: On The Death Of Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton’s Bullfinch. Ye nymphs! if e’er your eyes were red 66270
115: On the Death of the Bishop of Ely.[1] Anno Aetates 17. My lids with grief were tumid yet, 68331
116: On the Death of the Vice-Chancellor, A Physician.[1] Learn ye nations of the earth 48344
117: On the Engraver of his Portrait.[1] Survey my Features--you will own it clear 8330
118: On the Fifth of November. Anno Aetates 17. Am pius extrema veniens Jacobus ab arcto 226621
119: On The Gunpowder Plot.[1] Cum simul in regem nuper satrapasque Britannos 42711
120: On The High Price Of Fish. Cocoa-nut naught, Fish too dear, 16308
121: On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean. What portents, from what distant region, ride, 1799 64315
122: On The Loss Of The Royal George. Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more; 1782 36265
123: On The Neglect Of Homer. Could Homer come himself, distress’d and poor, 4297
124: On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle. Ye sister Pow'rs who o'er the sacred groves 295
125: On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England. Round Thurlow’s head in early youth, 20184
126: On The Queen’s Visit To London. The Night Of The Seventeenth Of March 1789. When, long sequester’d from his throne, 1789 80281
127: On The Receipt Of A Hamper. The straw-stuff’d hamper with his ruthless steel 8304
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 121245
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 16184
130: Pairing Time Anticipated. A Fable. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau 66226
131: Paradisum Amissam, Lib. II [1] Quales aerii montis de vertice nubes 8454
132: Peace After A Storm. When darkness long has veil’d my mind, 24206
133: Pity For Poor Africans. I own I am shock’d at the purchase of slaves, 44198
134: Pleading For And With Youth. Sin has undone our wretched race, 24194
135: Praise For Faith. Of all the gifts thine hand bestows, 20179
136: Praise For The Fountain Opened. - Zechariah xiii.1. There is a fountain fill’d with blood 28208
137: Prayer For A Blessing On The Young. Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth 24192
138: Prayer For Children. Gracious Lord, our children see, 24182
139: Prayer For Patience. Lord, who hast suffer’d all for me, 24189
140: Psalm CXIV When the blest seed of Terah's faithful Son, 18283
141: Psalm CXIV [1] When Israel by Jehovah call'd 34295
142: Report Of An Adjudged Case, Not To Be Found In Any Of The Books. Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, 32185
143: Retirement. Hackney’d in business, wearied at that oar, 808193
144: Retirement. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 24182
145: Sardis. - Revelation iii.1-6. Write to Sardis,” saith the Lord, 24203
146: Seeking The Beloved. To those who know the Lord I speak, 24180
147: Self-Acquaintance. Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, 24177
148: Song. When all within is peace, 24284
149: Song. On Peace. No longer I follow a sound; 1783 16182
150: Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day. Deem not, sweet rose, that bloom’st’ midst many a thorn, 14283
151: Sonnet To George Romney, Esq. On His Picture Of Me In Crayons, Romney, expert infallibly to trace 1792 14300
152: Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq. Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, 1792 16361
153: Sonnet, Addressed To Henry Cowper, Esq. Cowper, whose silver voice, task’d sometimes hard, 14187
154: Sonnet, Addressed To William Hayley, Esq. Hayley—thy tenderness fraternal shown 1792 14373
155: Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh, By A Lady, What wonder! if my wavering hand 12308
156: Stanzas. Pale death with equal foot strikes wide the door 42211
157: Stanzas. On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton.[1] Me too, perchance, in future days, 1790 24232
158: Submission. O Lord, my best desire fulfil, 24173
159: Table Talk. You told me, I remember, glory, built 772208
160: Temptation. The billows swell, the winds are high, 20201
161: That Nature Is Not Subject To Decay. Ah, how the Human Mind wearies herself 83290
162: The Bird’s Nest. A Tale.[1] In Scotland’s realms, where trees are few, 1793 80233
163: The Castaway. Obscurest night involved the sky, 1799 66239
164: The Christian. Honour and happiness unite 24180
165: The Cock-Fighter’s Garland.[1] Muse—hide his name of whom I sing, 1789 78292
166: The Colubriad. Close by the threshold of a door nail’d fast 1782 41175
167: The Contrite Heart. - Isaiah lvii.15. The Lord will happiness divine 24258
168: The Covenant. - Ezekiel xxxvi.25-28. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! 24219
169: The Death of Damon. Ye Nymphs of Himera (for ye have shed 305289
170: The Distressed Travellers; Or, Labour In Vain. I sing of a journey to Clifton, 77217
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 252189
172: The Dog And The Water Lily. No Fable. The noon was shady, and soft airs 44240
173: The Doves. Reasoning at every step he treads, 40215
174: The Fable of the Peasant and his Landlord.[1] A Peasant to his lord yearly court, 12305
175: The Faithful Bird. The greenhouse is my summer seat; 36200
176: The Flatting Mill. When a bar of pure silver or ingot of gold 24270
177: The Four Ages. I could be well content, allowed the use 1791 38284
178: The Future Peace And Glory Of The Church. - Isaiah ix.15-20. Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, 24231
179: The Happy Change. How blest thy creature is, O God, 24178
180: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy. Sin enslaved me many years, 24165
181: The Hidden Life. To tell the Saviour all my wants, 24173
182: The House Of Prayer. - Mark xi.17. Thy mansion is the Christian’s heart, 24209
183: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book I. Achilles sing, O Goddess! Peleus' son; 751217
184: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book II. All night both Gods and Chiefs equestrian slept, 1075237
185: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book III. Now marshall'd all beneath their several chiefs, 540224
186: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IV. Now, on the golden floor of Jove's abode 644174
187: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IX. So watch'd the Trojan host; but thoughts of flight, 885182
188: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book V. Then Athenæan Pallas on the son 1083188
189: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VI. Thus was the field forsaken by the Gods. 645188
190: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VII. So saying, illustrious Hector through the gates 570176
191: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VIII. The saffron-mantled morning now was spread 655186
192: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book X. All night the leaders of the host of Greece 684209
193: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XI. Aurora from Tithonus' side arose 1034204
194: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XII. So was Menoetius' gallant son employ'd 573229
195: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIII. When Jove to Hector and his host had given 1017185
196: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. Nor was that cry by Nestor unperceived 632177
197: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. The games all closed, the people went dispersed 1012203
198: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIX. Now rose the morn in saffron vest attired 521183
199: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XV. But when the flying Trojans had o'erpass'd 903175
200: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVI. Such contest for that gallant bark they waged. 1062194
201: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVII. Nor Menelaus, Atreus' valiant son, 921169
202: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVIII. Thus burn'd the battle like devouring fire. 765208
203: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XX. The Grecians, thus, before their lofty ships 619168
204: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXI. But when they came, at length, where Xanthus winds 708181
205: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXII. Thus they, throughout all Troy, like hunted fawns 602234
206: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXIII. Such mourning was in Troy; meantime the Greeks 1107179
207: The Judgment Of The Poets. Two nymphs, both nearly of an age, 1791 40279
208: The Light And Glory Of The Word. The Spirit breathes upon the Word, 20171
209: The Lily And The Rose. The nymph must lose her female friend, 28303
210: The Love Of The World Reproved: Or, Hypocrisy Detected. Thus says the prophet of the Turk, 38212
211: The Modern Patriot. Rebellion is my theme all day; 24177
212: The Moralizer Corrected. A Tale. A hermit (or if ‘chance you hold 58185
213: The Morning Dream. Twas in the glad season of spring, 48183
214: The Narrow Way. What thousands never knew the road! 20175
215: The Needless Alarm. A Tale. There is a field, through which I often pass, 134173
216: The Negro’s Complaint. Forced from home and all its pleasures, 56298
217: The New Convert. The new-born child of gospel grace, 20165
218: The Nightingale And Glowworm. A nightingale, that all day long 38177
219: The Philosopher and the King. Know this, O King! that if thou shalt destroy 6288
220: The Pine-Apple And The Bee. The pine-apples, in triple row, 36166
221: The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant. An Oyster, cast upon the shore, 66190
222: The Poet’s New Year’s Gift. To Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton. Maria! I have every good 20191
223: The Poplar Field. The poplars are fell’d, farewell to the shade, 20311
224: The Progress Of Error. Sing, muse (if such a theme, so dark, so long 625176
225: The Retired Cat. A poet’s cat, sedate and grave 1791 117298
226: The Rose. The rose had been wash’d, just wash’d in a shower, 20217
227: The Shining Light. My former hopes are fled, 20176
228: The Shrubbery. Written In A Time Of Affliction. Oh, happy shades—to me unblest! 24188
229: The Sower. - Matthew xiii.3. Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough, 24203
230: The Task. Book I. The Sofa. I sing the Sofa. I, who lately sang 775236
231: The Task. Book II. The Timepiece. Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, 832201
232: The Task. Book III. The Garden. As one who, long in thickets and in brakes 848201
233: The Task. Book IV. The Winter Evening. Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, 801178
234: The Task. Book V. The Winter Morning Walk. Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb 906238
235: The Task. Book VI. The Winter Walk At Noon. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, 1024187
236: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death. My soul is sad, and much dismay’d, 20176
237: The Waiting Soul. Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord, 24173
238: The Winter Nosegay. What Nature, alas! has denied 24177
239: Tirocinium; Or, A Review Of Schools. It is not from his form, in which we trace 924172
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 8252
241: To Christina, Queen of Sweden, with Cromwell's Picture.[1] Christina, maiden of heroic mien! 284
242: To Dr. Austin, Of Cecil Street, London. Austin! accept a grateful verse from me, 14283
243: To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa. These verses also to thy praise the Nine 114274
244: To Giovanni Salzilli, a Roman Poet, in his Illness. Scazons.[1] My halting Muse, that dragg'st by choice along 40279
245: To John Johnston, Esq., On His Presenting Me With An Antique Bust Of Homer. Kinsman beloved, and as a son, by me! 1793 14257
246: To Leonora,[1] Singing in Rome.[2] Angelus unicuique suus (sic credite gentes) 10638
247: To Mary (Mrs. Unwin). The twentieth year is well nigh past 1793 52228
248: To Mary. The twentieth year is well-nigh past 52242
249: To Miss C-----, On Her Birthday. How many between east and west 1786 8261
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 92276
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 36267
252: To Mrs. Newton. A noble theme demands a noble verse, 36284
253: To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace’s Ode, “Ad Librum Suum.” Maria, could Horace have guess’d 1790 16269
254: To Mrs. Unwin. Mary! I want a lyre with other strings, 14 254
255: To My Cousin, Anne Bodham, On Receiving From Her A Network Purse Made By Herself. My gentle Anne, whom heretofore, 1793 12279
256: To My Father. Oh that Pieria's spring would thro' my breast 148283
257: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dear President, whose art sublime 42236
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 27282
259: To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year’s Day. Whence is it that, amazed, I hear 1792 24280
260: To The Rev. Mr. Newton, On His Return From Ramsgate. That ocean you have late survey’d, 1780 16177
261: To The Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin. Unwin, I should but ill repay 30208
262: To The Rev. William Bull. My dear Friend, If reading verse be your delight, 1792 72291
263: To The Reverend Mr. Newton. An Invitation Into The Country. The swallows in their torpid state 24173
264: To The Same. (Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper.) How quick the change from joy to woe, 20267
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 4251
266: To Warren Hastings, Esq. By An Old Schoolfellow Of His At Westminster. Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind, 6272
267: To William Hayley, Esq. Dear architect of fine chateaux in air, 1793 14334
268: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book I Muse make the man thy theme, for shrewdness famed 566268
269: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book II Aurora, rosy daughter of the dawn, 555278
270: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book III The sun, emerging from the lucid waves, 626269
271: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IV In hollow Lacedæmon's spacious vale 1028279
272: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IX Then answer, thus, Ulysses wise return'd. 668270
273: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book V Aurora from beside her glorious mate 600276
274: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VI There then the noble suff'rer lay, by sleep 409261
275: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VII Such pray'r Ulysses, toil-worn Chief renown'd, 431252
276: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VIII But when Aurora, daughter of the dawn, 720237
277: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book X We came to the Æolian isle; there dwells 698249
278: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XI Arriving on the shore, and launching, first, 780251
279: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XII And now, borne seaward from the river-stream 531263
280: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIII He ceas'd; the whole assembly silent sat, 531241
281: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIV Leaving the haven-side, he turn'd his steps 650259
282: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIX They went, but left the noble Chief behind 749206
283: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XV Meantime to Lacedæmon's spacious vale 675240
284: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVI It was the hour of dawn, when in the cot 567244
285: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVII Now look'd Aurora from the East abroad, 729215
286: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVIII Now came a public mendicant, a man 534231
287: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XX But in the vestibule the Hero lay 476378
288: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXI Minerva, now, Goddess cærulean-eyed, 520197
289: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXII Then, girding up his rags, Ulysses sprang 580198
290: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIII And now, with exultation loud the nurse 448193
291: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIV And now Cyllenian Hermes summon'd forth 638230
292: Translations Of The Italian Poems Fair Lady, whose harmonious name the Rheno 85388
293: True And False Comforts. O God, whose favourable eye 24167
294: True Pleasures. Lord, my soul with pleasure springs, 24178
295: Truth. Man, on the dubious waves of error toss’d, 590164
296: Vanity Of The World God gives his mercies to be spent; 24272
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, 68181
298: Verses Printed By Himself, On A Flood At Olney. To watch the storms, and hear the sky 18288
299: Verses Selected From An Occasional Poem Entitled “Valediction.” O Friendship! cordial of the human breast! 1783 50291
300: Verses To The Memory Of Dr. Lloyd. Our good old friend is gone; gone to his rest, 24290
301: Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe. Fortune! I thank thee: gentle goddess! thanks! 1748 46175
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, 56159
303: Walking With God. - Genesis v.24. Oh! for a closer walk with God, 24332
304: Welcome Cross. Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, 24162
305: Welcome To The Table. This is the feast of heavenly wine, 20166
306: Wisdom. - Proverbs viii.22-31. Ere God had built the mountains, 32248
307: Yardley Oak.[1] Survivor sole, and hardly such, of all 1791 161293




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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