William Cowper November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800 Poetry Listing Read More About William Cowper below poetry listPoem Title First Lines Period # Lines # Reads A Comparison. The lapse of time and rivers is the same, 12 322 A Fable. A raven, while with glossy breast 40 319 A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer 24 251 A Living And A Dead Faith. The Lord receives his highest praise 24 246 A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen. Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend 1781 106 257 A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779. Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream 42 288 Abuse Of The Gospel. Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, 24 254 Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville. And dwells there in a female heart, 1762 104 360 Afflictions Sanctified By The Word. O how I love thy holy word, 24 243 An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France. Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays 50 255 An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago 63 282 An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. Tis not that I design to rob 90 274 An Epitaph. Here lies one who never drew 1792 18 352 An Ode, On Reading Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison. Say, ye apostate and profane, 1753 42 242 Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery. I ransack’d for a theme of song, 71 266 Another Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady. Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 10 258 Another Inscription For A Stone Erected On A Similar Occasion At The Same Place In The Following Year. Reader! behold a monument 5 375 Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Another Leonora once inspir'd 12 370 Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more 8 369 Beau’s Reply. Sir, when I flew to seize the bird 28 357 Boadicea. An Ode. When the British warrior queen, 44 247 Catharina. Addressed To Miss Stapleton (Afterwards Mrs. Courtney). She came—she is gone—we have met 56 246 Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Believe it or not, as you choose, 1792 32 335 Charity. Qua nihil majus meliusve terris 635 265 Contentment. - Philippians iv.11. Fierce passions discompose the mind, 32 283 Conversation. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, 908 263 Cowper’s Reply. To be remember’d thus is fame, 8 337 Dependence. To keep the lamp alive, 24 239 Elegy I. To Charles Diodati.[1] At length, my friend, the far-sent letters come, 95 247 Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Thee, whose refulgent staff and summons clear, 30 269 Elegy III. Anno Aetates 17.[1] On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester.[2] Silent I sat, dejected, and alone, 71 244 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 122 242 Elegy V. Anno Aetates 20. On The Approach Of Spring. Time, never wand'ring from his annual round, 140 246 Elegy VI To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country With no rich viands overcharg'd, I send 92 236 Elegy VI. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo.[1] As yet a stranger to the gentle fires 113 355 Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah xxxi.18-20. My God, till I received thy stroke, 24 278 Epigram Printed In The Northampton Mercury. To purify their wine, some people bleed 8 321 Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis. These are not dewdrops, these are tears, 1792 24 340 Epitaph On A Hare. Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue, 44 305 Epitaph On Dr. Johnson. Here Johnson lies—a sage by all allow’d, 1785 10 392 Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton. Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, 1792 10 359 Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley. Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, 1793 6 360 Epitaph On Mrs. M. Higgins, Of Weston. Laurels may flourish round the conqueror’s tomb, 1791 8 270 Exhortation To Prayer. What various hindrances we meet 24 241 Expostulation. Why, weeps the muse for England? What appears 734 259 Extract From A Sunday-School Hymn. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, 12 358 For The Poor. When Hagar found the bottle spent, 20 220 Friendship. What virtue, or what mental grace 216 280 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 24 336 Grace And Providence. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand 24 249
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