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William Cowper

November 26, 1731 – April 25, 1800


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Poem TitleFirst LinesPeriod# Lines# Reads
A Comparison. The lapse of time and rivers is the same, 12322
A Fable. A raven, while with glossy breast 40319
A Hymn, For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer 24251
A Living And A Dead Faith. The Lord receives his highest praise 24246
A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen. Dear Anna,—Between friend and friend 1781 106257
A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January 1779. Where Humber pours his rich commercial stream 42288
Abuse Of The Gospel. Too many, Lord, abuse thy grace, 24254
Addressed To Miss ----, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference, An Ode, By Mrs. Greville. And dwells there in a female heart, 1762 104360
Afflictions Sanctified By The Word. O how I love thy holy word, 24243
An Epistle To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France. Madam,—A stranger’s purpose in these lays 50255
An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dear Joseph,--five and twenty years ago 63282
An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq. Tis not that I design to rob 90274
An Epitaph. Here lies one who never drew 1792 18352
An Ode, On Reading Richardson’s History Of Sir Charles Grandison. Say, ye apostate and profane, 1753 42242
Annus Memorabilis, 1789. Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty’s Happy Recovery. I ransack’d for a theme of song, 71266
Another Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady. Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, 10258
Another Inscription For A Stone Erected On A Similar Occasion At The Same Place In The Following Year. Reader! behold a monument 5375
Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Another Leonora once inspir'd 12370
Another to the Same. (To Leonora) Naples, too credulous, ah! boast no more 8369
Beau’s Reply. Sir, when I flew to seize the bird 28357
Boadicea. An Ode. When the British warrior queen, 44247
Catharina. Addressed To Miss Stapleton (Afterwards Mrs. Courtney). She came—she is gone—we have met 56246
Catharina: The Second Part: On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq. Believe it or not, as you choose, 1792 32335
Charity. Qua nihil majus meliusve terris 635265
Contentment. - Philippians iv.11. Fierce passions discompose the mind, 32283
Conversation. Nam neque me tantum venientis sibilus austri, 908263
Cowper’s Reply. To be remember’d thus is fame, 8337
Dependence. To keep the lamp alive, 24239
Elegy I. To Charles Diodati.[1] At length, my friend, the far-sent letters come, 95247
Elegy II. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge.[1] Thee, whose refulgent staff and summons clear, 30269
Elegy III. Anno Aetates 17.[1] On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester.[2] Silent I sat, dejected, and alone, 71244
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 122242
Elegy V. Anno Aetates 20. On The Approach Of Spring. Time, never wand'ring from his annual round, 140246
Elegy VI To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country With no rich viands overcharg'd, I send 92236
Elegy VI. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo.[1] As yet a stranger to the gentle fires 113355
Ephraim Repenting. - Jeremiah xxxi.18-20. My God, till I received thy stroke, 24278
Epigram Printed In The Northampton Mercury. To purify their wine, some people bleed 8321
Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis. These are not dewdrops, these are tears, 1792 24340
Epitaph On A Hare. Here lies, whom hound did ne’er pursue, 44305
Epitaph On Dr. Johnson. Here Johnson lies—a sage by all allow’d, 1785 10392
Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton. Though once a puppy, and though Fop by name, 1792 10359
Epitaph On Mr. Chester, Of Chicheley. Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, 1793 6360
Epitaph On Mrs. M. Higgins, Of Weston. Laurels may flourish round the conqueror’s tomb, 1791 8270
Exhortation To Prayer. What various hindrances we meet 24241
Expostulation. Why, weeps the muse for England? What appears 734259
Extract From A Sunday-School Hymn. Hear, Lord, the song of praise and prayer, 12358
For The Poor. When Hagar found the bottle spent, 20220
Friendship. What virtue, or what mental grace 216280
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 24336
Grace And Providence. Almighty King! whose wondrous hand 24249

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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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