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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, 12520
2: A Fable. A raven, while with glossy breast 40550
3: A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer 24460
4: A Living And A Dead Faith. The Lord receives his highest praise 24465
5: A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen. Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend 1781 106485
6: A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779. Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream 42468
7: Abuse Of The Gospel. Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, 24436
8: Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville. And dwells there in a female heart, 1762 104576
9: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word. O how I love thy holy word, 24445
10: An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France. Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays 50461
11: An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago 63521
12: An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. Tis not that I design to rob 90434
13: An Epitaph. Here lies one who never drew 1792 18529
14: An Ode, On Reading Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison. Say, ye apostate and profane, 1753 42448
15: Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery. I ransack’d for a theme of song, 71453
16: Another Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady. Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 10442
17: Another Inscription For A Stone Erected On A Similar Occasion At The Same Place In The Following Year. Reader! behold a monument 5548
18: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Another Leonora once inspir'd 12541
19: Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more 8605
20: Beau’s Reply. Sir, when I flew to seize the bird 28556
21: Boadicea. An Ode. When the British warrior queen, 44439
22: Catharina. Addressed To Miss Stapleton (Afterwards Mrs. Courtney). She came—she is gone—we have met 56453
23: Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Believe it or not, as you choose, 1792 32527
24: Charity. Qua nihil majus meliusve terris 635437
25: Contentment. - Philippians iv.11. Fierce passions discompose the mind, 32512
26: Conversation. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, 908456
27: Cowper’s Reply. To be remember’d thus is fame, 8509
28: Dependence. To keep the lamp alive, 24437
29: Elegy I. To Charles Diodati.[1] At length, my friend, the far-sent letters come, 95423
30: Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Thee, whose refulgent staff and summons clear, 30479
31: Elegy III. Anno Aetates 17.[1] On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester.[2] Silent I sat, dejected, and alone, 71444
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 122461
33: Elegy V. Anno Aetates 20. On The Approach Of Spring. Time, never wand'ring from his annual round, 140429
34: Elegy VI To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country With no rich viands overcharg'd, I send 92432
35: Elegy VI. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo.[1] As yet a stranger to the gentle fires 113564
36: Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah xxxi.18-20. My God, till I received thy stroke, 24481
37: Epigram Printed In The Northampton Mercury. To purify their wine, some people bleed 8527
38: Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis. These are not dewdrops, these are tears, 1792 24543
39: Epitaph On A Hare. Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue, 44513
40: Epitaph On Dr. Johnson. Here Johnson lies—a sage by all allow’d, 1785 10567
41: Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton. Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, 1792 10556
42: Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley. Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, 1793 6544
43: Epitaph On Mrs. M. Higgins, Of Weston. Laurels may flourish round the conqueror’s tomb, 1791 8445
44: Exhortation To Prayer. What various hindrances we meet 24459
45: Expostulation. Why, weeps the muse for England? What appears 734443
46: Extract From A Sunday-School Hymn. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, 12512
47: For The Poor. When Hagar found the bottle spent, 20391
48: Friendship. What virtue, or what mental grace 216460
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 24513
50: Grace And Providence. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand 24464
51: Gratitude. Addressed To Lady Hesketh. This cap, that so stately appears, 1786 56539
52: Hatred Of Sin. Holy Lord God! I love thy truth, 20425
53: Heroism. There was a time when Ætna’s silent fire 90460
54: Hope. Ask what is human life—the sage replies, 771433
55: Human Frailty. Weak and irresolute is man; 24465
56: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times. Winter has a joy for me, 24558
57: In Memory Of The Late John Thornton, Esq. Poets attempt the noblest task they can, 1790 50538
58: Inscription For A Hermitage In The Author’s Garden. This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears, 1793 4544
59: Inscription For A Moss-House In The Shrubbery At Weston. Here, free from riot’s hated noise, 6498
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 17520
61: Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton. Pause here and think: a monitory rhyme 10500
62: Jehovah Jesus. My song shall bless the Lord of all, 24425
63: Jehovah Our Righteousness. - Jeremiah xxiii.6. My God, how perfect are thy ways! 20461
64: Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord Will Provide. - Genesis xxii.14. The saints should never be dismay’d, 24616
65: Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner. - Exodus xvii.15. By whom was David taught 30499
66: Jehovah-Rophi. I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee. - Exodus xv.26. Heal us, Emmanuel, here we are, 24527
67: Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace. - Judges vi.24. Jesus, whose blood so freely stream’d, 24503
68: Jehovah-Shammah. - Ezekiel xlviii.35. As birds their infant brood protect, 20503
69: Jesus Hasting To Suffer. The Saviour, what a noble flame 20434
70: Joy And Peace In Believing. Sometimes a light surprises 32424
71: Light Shining Out Of Darkness. God moves in a mysterious way 24556
72: Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of “The Botanic Garden.” Two Poets (poets, by report, Not oft so well agree), 24463
73: Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper. William was once a bashful youth, 36541
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 12523
75: Lines On A Sleeping Infant. Sweet babe! whose image here express’d 8553
76: Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel. Doom’d, as I am, in solitude to waste 22611
77: Lines Written In An Album Of Miss Patty More’s, Sister Of Hannah More. In vain to live from age to age 1792 4525
78: Lines. Oh! to some distant scene, a willing exile 9532
79: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear. I was a grovelling creature once, 24441
80: Longing To Be With Christ. To Jesus, the Crown of my hope, 32546
81: Looking Upwards In A Storm. God of my life, to thee I call, 24491
82: Love Abused. What is there in the vale of life 24448
83: Love Constraining To Obedience. No strength of nature can suffice 24427
84: Lovest Thou Me? - John xxi.16. Hark, my soul! it is the Lord: 24507
85: Mary And John. If John marries Mary, and Mary alone, 4527
86: Mourning And Longing. The Saviour hides his face! 28415
87: Mutual Forbearance Necessary To The Happiness Of The Married State. The lady thus address’d her spouse 62497
88: My Soul Thirsteth For God. I thirst, but not as once I did, 20424
89: Not Of Works. Grace, triumphant in the throne, 24416
90: O Lord, I Will Praise Thee. - Isaiah xii.1. I will praise thee every day, 20609
91: Ode To Apollo. On An Inkglass Almost Dried In The Sun. Patron of all those luckless brains, 28446
92: Ode To Peace. Come, peace of mind, delightful guest! 24439
93: Old Testament Gospel. - Hebrews iv.2. Israel, in ancient days, Not only had a view 36399
94: On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage. Time was when I was free as air, 18476
95: On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Of Him Sold At The Author’s Instance. Go—thou art all unfit to share 24431
96: On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer. Cowper had sinn’d with some excuse, 8553
97: On A Plant Of Virgin’s Bower. Designed To Cover A Garden-Seat. Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower 1793 16564
98: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1788. Improve the present hour, for all beside 41450
99: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1789. O most delightful hour by man 38432
100: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1790. He who sits from day to day 38413
101: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1792. Happy the mortal who has traced effects 42469
102: On A Similar Occasion. For The Year 1793. He lives who lives to God alone, 40459
103: On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird. A Spaniel, Beau, that fares like you, 1793 20551
104: On Flaxman’s Penelope. The suitors sinn’d, but with a fair excuse, 1793 4497
105: On Mrs. Montague’s Feather-Hangings. The birds put off their every hue 56432
106: On Observing Some Names Of Little Note Recorded In The Biographia Britannica. Oh, fond attempt to give a deathless lot 14413
107: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer. Jesus! where’er thy people meet, 24448
108: On Receiving Hayley’s Picture. In language warm as could be breathed or penn’d 1793 6535
109: On Receiving Heyne’s Virgil From Mr. Hayley. I should have deem’d it once an effort vain 4496
110: On The Author Of Letters On Literature.[1] The Genius of the Augustan age 12501
111: On The Benefit Received By His Majesty From Sea-Bathing In The Year 1789. O sovereign of an isle renown’d 8538
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, 12421
113: On The Death Of A Minister. His master taken from his head, 16375
114: On The Death Of Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton’s Bullfinch. Ye nymphs! if e’er your eyes were red 66453
115: On the Death of the Bishop of Ely.[1] Anno Aetates 17. My lids with grief were tumid yet, 68527
116: On the Death of the Vice-Chancellor, A Physician.[1] Learn ye nations of the earth 48568
117: On the Engraver of his Portrait.[1] Survey my Features--you will own it clear 8517
118: On the Fifth of November. Anno Aetates 17. Am pius extrema veniens Jacobus ab arcto 2261330
119: On The Gunpowder Plot.[1] Cum simul in regem nuper satrapasque Britannos 421557
120: On The High Price Of Fish. Cocoa-nut naught, Fish too dear, 16479
121: On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean. What portents, from what distant region, ride, 1799 64508
122: On The Loss Of The Royal George. Toll for the brave! The brave that are no more; 1782 36437
123: On The Neglect Of Homer. Could Homer come himself, distress’d and poor, 4485
124: On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle. Ye sister Pow'rs who o'er the sacred groves 488
125: On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England. Round Thurlow’s head in early youth, 20387
126: On The Queen’s Visit To London. The Night Of The Seventeenth Of March 1789. When, long sequester’d from his throne, 1789 80459
127: On The Receipt Of A Hamper. The straw-stuff’d hamper with his ruthless steel 8497
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 121407
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 16364
130: Pairing Time Anticipated. A Fable. I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau 66413
131: Paradisum Amissam, Lib. II [1] Quales aerii montis de vertice nubes 8918
132: Peace After A Storm. When darkness long has veil’d my mind, 24491
133: Pity For Poor Africans. I own I am shock’d at the purchase of slaves, 44410
134: Pleading For And With Youth. Sin has undone our wretched race, 24398
135: Praise For Faith. Of all the gifts thine hand bestows, 20368
136: Praise For The Fountain Opened. - Zechariah xiii.1. There is a fountain fill’d with blood 28410
137: Prayer For A Blessing On The Young. Bestow, dear Lord, upon our youth 24384
138: Prayer For Children. Gracious Lord, our children see, 24349
139: Prayer For Patience. Lord, who hast suffer’d all for me, 24392
140: Psalm CXIV When the blest seed of Terah's faithful Son, 18516
141: Psalm CXIV [1] When Israel by Jehovah call'd 34521
142: Report Of An Adjudged Case, Not To Be Found In Any Of The Books. Between Nose and Eyes a strange contest arose, 32379
143: Retirement. Hackney’d in business, wearied at that oar, 808380
144: Retirement. Far from the world, O Lord, I flee, 24361
145: Sardis. - Revelation iii.1-6. Write to Sardis,” saith the Lord, 24381
146: Seeking The Beloved. To those who know the Lord I speak, 24382
147: Self-Acquaintance. Dear Lord! accept a sinful heart, 24399
148: Song. When all within is peace, 24478
149: Song. On Peace. No longer I follow a sound; 1783 16392
150: Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day. Deem not, sweet rose, that bloom’st’ midst many a thorn, 14471
151: Sonnet To George Romney, Esq. On His Picture Of Me In Crayons, Romney, expert infallibly to trace 1792 14489
152: Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq. Thy country, Wilberforce, with just disdain, 1792 16532
153: Sonnet, Addressed To Henry Cowper, Esq. Cowper, whose silver voice, task’d sometimes hard, 14365
154: Sonnet, Addressed To William Hayley, Esq. Hayley—thy tenderness fraternal shown 1792 14540
155: Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh, By A Lady, What wonder! if my wavering hand 12507
156: Stanzas. Pale death with equal foot strikes wide the door 42384
157: Stanzas. On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton.[1] Me too, perchance, in future days, 1790 24429
158: Submission. O Lord, my best desire fulfil, 24353
159: Table Talk. You told me, I remember, glory, built 772467
160: Temptation. The billows swell, the winds are high, 20395
161: That Nature Is Not Subject To Decay. Ah, how the Human Mind wearies herself 83522
162: The Bird’s Nest. A Tale.[1] In Scotland’s realms, where trees are few, 1793 80416
163: The Castaway. Obscurest night involved the sky, 1799 66448
164: The Christian. Honour and happiness unite 24339
165: The Cock-Fighter’s Garland.[1] Muse—hide his name of whom I sing, 1789 78473
166: The Colubriad. Close by the threshold of a door nail’d fast 1782 41402
167: The Contrite Heart. - Isaiah lvii.15. The Lord will happiness divine 24425
168: The Covenant. - Ezekiel xxxvi.25-28. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad! 24441
169: The Death of Damon. Ye Nymphs of Himera (for ye have shed 305513
170: The Distressed Travellers; Or, Labour In Vain. I sing of a journey to Clifton, 77432
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 252376
172: The Dog And The Water Lily. No Fable. The noon was shady, and soft airs 44440
173: The Doves. Reasoning at every step he treads, 40392
174: The Fable of the Peasant and his Landlord.[1] A Peasant to his lord yearly court, 12512
175: The Faithful Bird. The greenhouse is my summer seat; 36407
176: The Flatting Mill. When a bar of pure silver or ingot of gold 24450
177: The Four Ages. I could be well content, allowed the use 1791 38484
178: The Future Peace And Glory Of The Church. - Isaiah ix.15-20. Hear what God the Lord hath spoken, 24400
179: The Happy Change. How blest thy creature is, O God, 24375
180: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy. Sin enslaved me many years, 24328
181: The Hidden Life. To tell the Saviour all my wants, 24372
182: The House Of Prayer. - Mark xi.17. Thy mansion is the Christian’s heart, 24410
183: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book I. Achilles sing, O Goddess! Peleus' son; 751399
184: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book II. All night both Gods and Chiefs equestrian slept, 1075455
185: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book III. Now marshall'd all beneath their several chiefs, 540415
186: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IV. Now, on the golden floor of Jove's abode 644365
187: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book IX. So watch'd the Trojan host; but thoughts of flight, 885384
188: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book V. Then Athenæan Pallas on the son 1083375
189: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VI. Thus was the field forsaken by the Gods. 645353
190: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VII. So saying, illustrious Hector through the gates 570388
191: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book VIII. The saffron-mantled morning now was spread 655364
192: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book X. All night the leaders of the host of Greece 684385
193: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XI. Aurora from Tithonus' side arose 1034367
194: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XII. So was Menoetius' gallant son employ'd 573446
195: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIII. When Jove to Hector and his host had given 1017384
196: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. Nor was that cry by Nestor unperceived 632364
197: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIV. The games all closed, the people went dispersed 1012401
198: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XIX. Now rose the morn in saffron vest attired 521376
199: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XV. But when the flying Trojans had o'erpass'd 903377
200: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVI. Such contest for that gallant bark they waged. 1062396
201: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVII. Nor Menelaus, Atreus' valiant son, 921336
202: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XVIII. Thus burn'd the battle like devouring fire. 765384
203: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XX. The Grecians, thus, before their lofty ships 619351
204: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXI. But when they came, at length, where Xanthus winds 708409
205: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXII. Thus they, throughout all Troy, like hunted fawns 602580
206: The Iliad Of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse: Book XXIII. Such mourning was in Troy; meantime the Greeks 1107372
207: The Judgment Of The Poets. Two nymphs, both nearly of an age, 1791 40473
208: The Light And Glory Of The Word. The Spirit breathes upon the Word, 20368
209: The Lily And The Rose. The nymph must lose her female friend, 28516
210: The Love Of The World Reproved: Or, Hypocrisy Detected. Thus says the prophet of the Turk, 38398
211: The Modern Patriot. Rebellion is my theme all day; 24361
212: The Moralizer Corrected. A Tale. A hermit (or if ‘chance you hold 58392
213: The Morning Dream. Twas in the glad season of spring, 48357
214: The Narrow Way. What thousands never knew the road! 20385
215: The Needless Alarm. A Tale. There is a field, through which I often pass, 134338
216: The Negro’s Complaint. Forced from home and all its pleasures, 56544
217: The New Convert. The new-born child of gospel grace, 20328
218: The Nightingale And Glowworm. A nightingale, that all day long 38426
219: The Philosopher and the King. Know this, O King! that if thou shalt destroy 6475
220: The Pine-Apple And The Bee. The pine-apples, in triple row, 36335
221: The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant. An Oyster, cast upon the shore, 66402
222: The Poet’s New Year’s Gift. To Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton. Maria! I have every good 20365
223: The Poplar Field. The poplars are fell’d, farewell to the shade, 20482
224: The Progress Of Error. Sing, muse (if such a theme, so dark, so long 625394
225: The Retired Cat. A poet’s cat, sedate and grave 1791 117538
226: The Rose. The rose had been wash’d, just wash’d in a shower, 20396
227: The Shining Light. My former hopes are fled, 20379
228: The Shrubbery. Written In A Time Of Affliction. Oh, happy shades—to me unblest! 24384
229: The Sower. - Matthew xiii.3. Ye sons of earth, prepare the plough, 24396
230: The Task. Book I. The Sofa. I sing the Sofa. I, who lately sang 775472
231: The Task. Book II. The Timepiece. Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, 832391
232: The Task. Book III. The Garden. As one who, long in thickets and in brakes 848443
233: The Task. Book IV. The Winter Evening. Hark! 'tis the twanging horn o'er yonder bridge, 801360
234: The Task. Book V. The Winter Morning Walk. Tis morning; and the sun, with ruddy orb 906428
235: The Task. Book VI. The Winter Walk At Noon. There is in souls a sympathy with sounds, 1024351
236: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death. My soul is sad, and much dismay’d, 20341
237: The Waiting Soul. Breathe from the gentle south, O Lord, 24401
238: The Winter Nosegay. What Nature, alas! has denied 24372
239: Tirocinium; Or, A Review Of Schools. It is not from his form, in which we trace 924348
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 8486
241: To Christina, Queen of Sweden, with Cromwell's Picture.[1] Christina, maiden of heroic mien! 467
242: To Dr. Austin, Of Cecil Street, London. Austin! accept a grateful verse from me, 14430
243: To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa. These verses also to thy praise the Nine 114461
244: To Giovanni Salzilli, a Roman Poet, in his Illness. Scazons.[1] My halting Muse, that dragg'st by choice along 40512
245: To John Johnston, Esq., On His Presenting Me With An Antique Bust Of Homer. Kinsman beloved, and as a son, by me! 1793 14452
246: To Leonora,[1] Singing in Rome.[2] Angelus unicuique suus (sic credite gentes) 101260
247: To Mary (Mrs. Unwin). The twentieth year is well nigh past 1793 52402
248: To Mary. The twentieth year is well-nigh past 52436
249: To Miss C-----, On Her Birthday. How many between east and west 1786 8456
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 92446
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 36447
252: To Mrs. Newton. A noble theme demands a noble verse, 36469
253: To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace’s Ode, “Ad Librum Suum.” Maria, could Horace have guess’d 1790 16447
254: To Mrs. Unwin. Mary! I want a lyre with other strings, 14 458
255: To My Cousin, Anne Bodham, On Receiving From Her A Network Purse Made By Herself. My gentle Anne, whom heretofore, 1793 12459
256: To My Father. Oh that Pieria's spring would thro' my breast 148444
257: To Sir Joshua Reynolds. Dear President, whose art sublime 42427
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 27455
259: To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year’s Day. Whence is it that, amazed, I hear 1792 24469
260: To The Rev. Mr. Newton, On His Return From Ramsgate. That ocean you have late survey’d, 1780 16357
261: To The Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin. Unwin, I should but ill repay 30389
262: To The Rev. William Bull. My dear Friend, If reading verse be your delight, 1792 72464
263: To The Reverend Mr. Newton. An Invitation Into The Country. The swallows in their torpid state 24348
264: To The Same. (Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper.) How quick the change from joy to woe, 20429
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 4468
266: To Warren Hastings, Esq. By An Old Schoolfellow Of His At Westminster. Hastings! I knew thee young, and of a mind, 6421
267: To William Hayley, Esq. Dear architect of fine chateaux in air, 1793 14507
268: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book I Muse make the man thy theme, for shrewdness famed 566429
269: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book II Aurora, rosy daughter of the dawn, 555496
270: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book III The sun, emerging from the lucid waves, 626457
271: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IV In hollow Lacedæmon's spacious vale 1028454
272: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book IX Then answer, thus, Ulysses wise return'd. 668444
273: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book V Aurora from beside her glorious mate 600451
274: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VI There then the noble suff'rer lay, by sleep 409425
275: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VII Such pray'r Ulysses, toil-worn Chief renown'd, 431458
276: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book VIII But when Aurora, daughter of the dawn, 720392
277: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book X We came to the Æolian isle; there dwells 698434
278: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XI Arriving on the shore, and launching, first, 780449
279: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XII And now, borne seaward from the river-stream 531526
280: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIII He ceas'd; the whole assembly silent sat, 531446
281: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIV Leaving the haven-side, he turn'd his steps 650446
282: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XIX They went, but left the noble Chief behind 749384
283: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XV Meantime to Lacedæmon's spacious vale 675413
284: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVI It was the hour of dawn, when in the cot 567404
285: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVII Now look'd Aurora from the East abroad, 729366
286: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XVIII Now came a public mendicant, a man 534402
287: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XX But in the vestibule the Hero lay 4761192
288: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXI Minerva, now, Goddess cærulean-eyed, 520375
289: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXII Then, girding up his rags, Ulysses sprang 580356
290: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIII And now, with exultation loud the nurse 448403
291: Translation of: The Odyssey of Homer: Book XXIV And now Cyllenian Hermes summon'd forth 638481
292: Translations Of The Italian Poems Fair Lady, whose harmonious name the Rheno 85577
293: True And False Comforts. O God, whose favourable eye 24318
294: True Pleasures. Lord, my soul with pleasure springs, 24401
295: Truth. Man, on the dubious waves of error toss’d, 590396
296: Vanity Of The World God gives his mercies to be spent; 24444
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, 68421
298: Verses Printed By Himself, On A Flood At Olney. To watch the storms, and hear the sky 18457
299: Verses Selected From An Occasional Poem Entitled “Valediction.” O Friendship! cordial of the human breast! 1783 50482
300: Verses To The Memory Of Dr. Lloyd. Our good old friend is gone; gone to his rest, 24517
301: Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe. Fortune! I thank thee: gentle goddess! thanks! 1748 46362
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, 56336
303: Walking With God. - Genesis v.24. Oh! for a closer walk with God, 24527
304: Welcome Cross. Tis my happiness below Not to live without the cross, 24325
305: Welcome To The Table. This is the feast of heavenly wine, 20339
306: Wisdom. - Proverbs viii.22-31. Ere God had built the mountains, 32400
307: Yardley Oak.[1] Survivor sole, and hardly such, of all 1791 161471




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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