William Cowper
William Cowper (1731–1800) was an English poet and hymnodist whose work bridges the gap between the Augustan age and Romanticism. His poems "The Task" and "John Gilpin"…
"The lady thus addressd her spouse What a mere dungeon is this house! By no means large enough; and was it, Yet this dull room, an"
"There is a field, through which I often pass, Thick overspread with moss and silky grass, Adjoining close to Kilwicks echoing wood,"
"The twentieth year is well-nigh past Since first our sky was overcast, Ah, would that this might be the last! My Mary! Thy s"
"When, long sequesterd from his throne, George took his seat again, By right of worth, not blood alone, Entitled here to reign,"
"Sweet babe! whose image here expressd Does thy peaceful slumbers show; Guilt or fear, to break thy rest, Never did thy spirit know"
"The rose had been washd, just washd in a shower, Which Mary to Anna conveyd, The plentiful moisture encumberd the flower, And w"
"Oh, fond attempt to give a deathless lot To names ignoble, born to be forgot! In vain recorded in historic page, They court the not"
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"William was once a bashful youth, His modesty was such, That one might say, to say the truth, He rather had too much. Some s"
"And dwells there in a female heart, By bounteous Heaven designd, The choicest raptures to impart, To feel the most refined"
"Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies, Till all who knew him follow to the skies. Tears therefore fall where Chesters ashe"
"Doomd, as I am, in solitude to waste The present moments, and regret the past; Deprived of every joy I valued most, My friend torn"
"The suitors sinnd, but with a fair excuse, Whom all this elegance might well seduce; Nor can our censure on the husband fall, Who,"
"Believe it or not, as you choose, The doctrine is certainly true, That the future is known to the muse, And poets are oracles too."
"To the Rev. William Cawthorne Unwin, Rector of Stock in Essex, the tutor of his two sons, the following poem, recommending private tuition in pref"
"Another Leonora[1] once inspir'd Tasso, with fatal love to frenzy fir'd, But how much happier, liv'd he now, were he, Pie"