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WILLIAM COWPER

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Poems found: 309

A COMPARISON

A COMPARISON [ADDRESSED] TO A YOUNG LADY

AN EPITAPH

BOADICEA; AN ODE

EPITAPH ON A HARE

OLNEY HYMNS: 1. WALKING WITH GOD

OLNEY HYMNS: 18. LOVEST THOU ME?

OLNEY HYMNS: 35. LIGHT SHINING OUT OF DARKNESS

OLNEY HYMNS: 49. JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING

OLNEY HYMNS: 9. THE CONTRITE HEART

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. (NOW LADY) THROCKMORTON'S BULLFINCH

ON THE LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE

ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE [OUT OF NORFOLK]

REPORT OF AN ADJUDGED CASE, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY BOOKS

THE CASTAWAY

THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE GLOW-WORM

THE POPLAR FIELD

THE RETIRED CAT

THE ROSE

THE SHRUBBERY, WRITTEN IN A TIME OF AFFLICTION

THE TASK: BOOK 4. THE WINTER EVENING

TO MARY

TO MARY UNWIN

TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE HALIBUT ON WHICH I DINED

VERSES SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY ALEXANDER SELKIRK

WRITTEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DELIRIUM

YARDLEY OAK

AN EPIGRAM IS BUT A FEEBLE THING

AWAY GOES SUSSEX WILLIAM WITH HIS PACK

BID ADIEU, MY SAD HEART, BID ADIEU TO THY PEACE

DELIA, THE UNKINDEST GIRL ON EARTH

HOPE, LIKE THE SHORT-LIVED RAY THAT GLEAMS AWHILE

HOW BLEST THE YOUTH WHOM FATE ORDAINS

LET BANISTER NOW LEND HIS AID

METHINKS I SEE THEE DECENTLY ARRAY'D

ONE PARSON, ONE POET, ONE BELMAN, ONE CRIER

SEE WHERE THE THAMES, THE PUREST STREAM

THIS EVENING, DELIA, YOU AND I

A CARD

A FABLE

A GOOD SONG

A HYMN FOR A CHILD THAT HAS UNGODLY PARENTS

A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LADY AUSTEN

A REFLECTION ON ODES: BOOK II, 10 BY HORACE

A SONG

A SONG

A SONG OF MERCY AND JUDGMENT

A SONNET; ADDRESSED TO MR. PHILLIPS

A TALE

A TALE, FOUNDED ON A FACT WHICH HAPPENED IN JANUARY 1779

A THUNDER STORM

ADDRESSED TO MISS MACARTNEY, AFTERWARDS MRS. GREVILLE

AGAINST INTERESTED LOVE

AN ADDRESS TO THE MOB ON OCCASION OF THE LATE RIOT ... HUGH PALLISER

AN APOLOGY FOR NOT SHOWING HER WHAT I HAD WROTE

AN ATTEMPT AT THE MANNER OF WALLER

AN EPISTLE TO AN AFFLICTED PROTESTANT LADY IN FRANCE

AN EPISTLE TO JOSEPH HILL, ESQ

AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT LLOYD, ESQ

AN ODE: SECUNDEM ARTEM

ANNUS MEMORABILIS, 1789

ANSWER TO STANZAS TO LADY HESKETH, BY CATHERINE FANSHAWE

ANTI-THELYPHTHORA

BEAU'S REPLY

CATHARINA: SECOND PART; ON HER MARRIAGE TO GEORGE COURTENAY

CATHARINA; ADDRESSED TO MISS STAPLETON (MRS. COURTENAY)

CHARITY

CONVERSATION

CUM RATIONE INSANIRE

EPIGRAM

EPIGRAM ON HIS GARDEN SHED (1)

EPIGRAM ON HIS GARDEN SHED (2)

EPITAPH ON A FREE BUT TAME REDBREAST

EPITAPH ON DR. JOHNSON

EPITAPH ON FOP, A DOG BELONGING TO LADY THROCKMORTON

EPITAPH ON MR. CHESTER, OF CHICHELEY

EPITAPH ON MRS. M. HIGGINS, OF WESTON

EXPOSTULATION

FRAGMENT

FRIENDSHIP

GRATITUDE; ADDRESSED TO LADY HESKETH

HEROISM

HOPE

HUMAN FRAILITY

HYMN FOR THE USE OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AT OLNEY

IMPROMPTU ON READING THE CHAPTER ON POLYGAMY

IMPROMPTU ON WRITING A LETTER WITHOUT HAVING ANYTHING TO SAY

IN A LETTER TO C.P. ESQ., ILL WITH RHEUMATISM

IN A LETTER TO C.P., ESQ., IN IMITATION OF SHAKESPEARE

IN A TIME OF GREAT HEAT; TO HAYLEY

IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN THORNTON, ESQ

IN SEDITIONEM HORRENDAM

INSCRIPTION FOR A MOSS-HOUSE IN THE SHRUBBERY AT WESTON

INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE ERECTED AT SOWING OF A GROVE OF OAKS

INSCRIPTION FOR A STONE ERECTED ON A SIMILIAR OCCASION

INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER

INSCRIPTION FOR AN HERMITAGE IN THE AUTHOR'S GARDEN

INSCRIPTION FOR THE TOMB OF MR. HAMILTON

JINGLE

LETTER IN VERSE

LINES ADDRESSED TO DR. DARWIN; AUTHOR OF THE BOTANIC GARDEN

LINES AFTER THE MANNER OF HOMER ... OPENING OF A HAMPER

LINES COMPOSED FOR A MEMORIAL OF ASHLEY COWPER, ESQ

LINES FOR .. COLLECTION BY MISS PATTY, SISTER OF HANNAH MORE

LINES WRITTEN ON A PAGE OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW

LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW-SHUTTER AT WESTON

LOVE ABUSED

MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION TO WILLIAM NORTHCOT

MOTTO ON THE KING'S CLOCK

MUTUAL FOREBEARANCE NECESSARY TO ... THE MARRIED STATE

ODE ON READING RICHARDSON'S HISTORY OF SIR CHARLES GRANDISON

ODE SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN ON THE MARRIAGE OF A FRIEND

ODE TO APOLLO; ON AN INK-GLASS ALMOST DRIED IN THE SUN

ODE TO PEACE

OF HIMSELF

OLNEY HYMNS: 10. THE FUTURE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE CHURCH

OLNEY HYMNS: 11. JEHOVAH OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS

OLNEY HYMNS: 12. EPHRAIM REPENTING

OLNEY HYMNS: 13. THE COVENANT

OLNEY HYMNS: 14. JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH

OLNEY HYMNS: 15. PRAISE FOR THE FOUNTAIN OPENED

OLNEY HYMNS: 16. THE SOWER

OLNEY HYMNS: 17. THE HOUSE OF PRAYER

OLNEY HYMNS: 19. CONTENTMENT

OLNEY HYMNS: 2. JEHOVAH-JIREH

OLNEY HYMNS: 20. OLD-TESTAMENT GOSPEL

OLNEY HYMNS: 21. SARDIS

OLNEY HYMNS: 22. PRAYER FOR A BLESSING ON THE YOUNG

OLNEY HYMNS: 23. PLEADING FOR AND WITH YOUTH

OLNEY HYMNS: 24. PRAYER FOR CHILDREN

OLNEY HYMNS: 25. JEHOVAH JESUS

OLNEY HYMNS: 26. ON OPENING A PLACE FOR SOCIAL PRAYER

OLNEY HYMNS: 27. WELCOME TO THE TABLE

OLNEY HYMNS: 28. JESUS HASTENING TO SUFFER

OLNEY HYMNS: 29. EXHORTATION TO PRAYER

OLNEY HYMNS: 3. JEVOHAN-ROPHI

OLNEY HYMNS: 30. THE LIGHT AND THE GLORY OF THE WORD

OLNEY HYMNS: 31. ON THE DEATH OF A MINISTER

OLNEY HYMNS: 32. THE SHINING LIGHT

OLNEY HYMNS: 33. THE WAITING SOUL

OLNEY HYMNS: 34. SEEING THE BELOVED

OLNEY HYMNS: 36. WELCOME CROSS

OLNEY HYMNS: 37. AFFLICTIONS SANCTIFIED BY THE WORD

OLNEY HYMNS: 38. TEMPTATION

OLNEY HYMNS: 39. LOOKING UPWARDS IN A STORM

OLNEY HYMNS: 4. JEHOVAH-NISSI, THE LORD IS MY BANNER

OLNEY HYMNS: 40. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH

OLNEY HYMNS: 41. PEACE AFTER A STORM

OLNEY HYMNS: 42. MOURNING AND LONGING

OLNEY HYMNS: 43. SELF-ACQUAINTANCE

OLNEY HYMNS: 44. PRAYER FOR PATIENCE

OLNEY HYMNS: 45. SUBMISSION

OLNEY HYMNS: 46. THE HAPPY CHANGE

OLNEY HYMNS: 47. RETIREMENT

OLNEY HYMNS: 48. THE HIDDEN LIFE

OLNEY HYMNS: 5. JEHOBAH-SHALOM, THE LORD SENT PEACE

OLNEY HYMNS: 50. TRUE PLEASURES

OLNEY HYMNS: 51. THE CHRISTIAN

OLNEY HYMNS: 52. LIVELY HOPE AND GRACIOUS FEAR

OLNEY HYMNS: 53. FOR THE POOR

OLNEY HYMNS: 54. MY SOUL THIRSTETH FOR GOD

OLNEY HYMNS: 55. LOVE CONSTRAINING TO OBEDIENCE

OLNEY HYMNS: 56. THE HEART HEALED AND CHANGED BY MERCY

OLNEY HYMNS: 57. HATRED OF SIN

OLNEY HYMNS: 58. THE NEW CONVERT

OLNEY HYMNS: 59. TRUE AND FALSE COMFORTS

OLNEY HYMNS: 6. WISDOM

OLNEY HYMNS: 60. A LIVING AND A DEAD FAITH

OLNEY HYMNS: 61. ABUSE OF THE GOSPEL

OLNEY HYMNS: 62. THE NARROW WAY

OLNEY HYMNS: 63. DEPENDENCE

OLNEY HYMNS: 64. NOT OF WORKS

OLNEY HYMNS: 65. PRAISE FOR FAITH

OLNEY HYMNS: 66. GRACE AND PROVIDENCE

OLNEY HYMNS: 67. I WILL PRAISE THE LORD AT ALL TIMES

OLNEY HYMNS: 68. LONGING TO BE WITH CHRIST

OLNEY HYMNS: 7. VANITY OF THE WORLD

OLNEY HYMNS: 8. O LORD, I WILL PRAISE THEE

ON A GOLDFINCH STARVED TO DEATH IN HIS CAGE

ON A LETTER OF MISS FANSHAWE

ON A MISCHIEVOUS BULL

ON A MISTAKE IN HIS TRANSLATION OF HOMER

ON A PLANT OF VIRGIN'S BOWER; DESIGNED TO COVER GARDEN-SEAT

ON A REVIEW CONDEMNING THELYPHTHORA

ON A SPANIEL, CALLED BEAU, KILLING A YOUNG BIRD

ON FLAXMAN'S [STATUE OF] PENELOPE

ON HAYLEY'S PORTRAIT

ON HER ENDEAVOURING TO CONCEAL HER GRIEF AT PARTING

ON HIS APPROACHING VISIT TO HAYLEY

ON HIS PORTRAIT (IN A LETTER TO HAYLEY)

ON MADAN'S ANSWER TO NEWTON'S COMMENTS ON THELYPHTORA

ON MRS. MONTAGUE'S FEATHER-HANGINGS

ON OBSERVING SOME NAMES OF LITTLE NOTE

ON RECEIVING HAYLEY'S PICTURE

ON RECEIVING HEYNE'S VIRGIL FROM HAYLEY

ON THE AUTHOR OF 'LETTERS ON LITERATURE'

ON THE BENEFIT RECEIVED BY MIS MAJESTY FROM SEA-BATHING

ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY (1)

ON THE BURNING OF LORD MANSFIELD'S LIBRARY (2)

ON THE DEATH OF SIR W. RUSSELL

ON THE HIGH PRICE OF FISH

ON THE ICE ISLANDS SEEN FLOATING IN THE GERMAN OCEAN

ON THE JOY UNIVERSALLY EXPRESSED ON THE KING'S HAPPY ESCAPE

ON THE PROMOTION OF EDWARD THURLOW, ESQ.

ON THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO LONDON

ON THE REFUSAL OF OXFORD TO SUBSCRIDBE TO HIS TRANSLATION

ON THE TRIAL OF ADMIRAL KEPPEL

ON THURLOW

PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED; A FABLE

PITY FOR POOR AFRICANS

R.S.S.

RETIREMENT

RIDDLE

SONG

SONG OF PEACE WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF LADY AUSTEN

SONG WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF LADY AUSTEN

SONNET ADDRESSED TO HENRY COWPER, ESQ

SONNET TO WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, ESQUIRE

STANZAS ON INDECENT LIBERTIES TAKEN WITH REMAINS OF MILTON

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1787

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1788

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1789

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1790

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1792

STANZAS PRINTED ON BILLS OF MORTALITY: 1793

STELLA'S BIRTHDAY

SWEET MEAT HAS SOUR SAUCE; OR, THE SLAVE-TRADER IN THE DUMPS

TABLE TALK

THANKS FOR A GIFT OF PHEASANTS

THE BEE AND THE PINE-APPLE

THE CERTAINTY OF DEATH

THE COCK-FIGHTER'S GARLAND

THE COLUBRIAD

THE DISTRESSED TRAVELLERS; OR, LABOUR IN VAIN

THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF JOHN GILPIN

THE DOG AND THE WATER LILY; NO FABLE

THE DOVES

THE FAITHFUL BIRD

THE FLATTING MILL; AN ILLUSTRATION

THE FOUR AGES

THE GRIEF OF AN HEIR

THE JUDGMENT OF THE POETS

THE LILY AND THE ROSE

THE LOVE OF THE WORLD REPROVED; OR, HYPOCRISY DETECTED

THE MODERN PATRIOT

THE MORALIZER CORRECTED; A TALE

THE MORNING DREAM (1)

THE MORNING DREAM (2)

THE NEEDLESS ALARM; A TALE

THE PINEAPPLES AND THE BEE

THE POET'S NEW YEAR'S GIFT TO MRS. THROCKMORTON

THE POET, THE OYSTER, AND SENSITIVE PLANT

THE PROGRESS OF ERROR

THE SCHOLAR AT HIS WIT'S END; A TALE

THE SYMPTOMS OF LOVE

THE TASK: BOOK 1. THE SOFA

THE TASK: BOOK 2. THE TIME-PIECE

THE TASK: BOOK 3. THE GARDEN

THE TASK: BOOK 5. THE WINTER MORNING WALK

THE TASK: BOOK 6. THE WINTER WALK AT NOON

THE VALEDICTION

THE WINTER NOSEGAY

THE YEARLY DISTRESS; OR, TITHING TIME AT STOCK IN ESSEX

TIROCINIUM: OR, A REVIEW OF SCHOOLS

TO A LADY WHO WORE A LOCK OF HIS HAIR SET WITH DIAMONDS

TO A YOUNG FRIEND ON HIS ARRIVING AT CAMBRIDGE WET

TO A YOUNG LADY WHO STOLE A PEN FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES'S STANDISH

TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH A PRESENT OF TWO COCKSCOMBS

TO DELIA

TO DR. AUSTIN, OF CECIL STREET, LONDON

TO GEORGE ROMNEY, ESQ

TO GRAVINA, ON HIS TRANSLATING THE AUTHOR'S SONG

TO HIS COUSIN, LADY HESKETH; REASONS FOR NOT WRITING LETTER

TO JOHN JOHNSON, ON HIS PRESENTING AN ANTIQUE BUST OF HOMER

TO LADY AUSTEN, WRITTEN IN RAINY WEATHER

TO MRS. KING ON HER KIND PRESENT TO THE AUTHOR, A ... QUILT

TO MRS. NEWTON

TO MRS. THROCKMORTON, ON HER BEAUTIFUL TRANSCRIPT OF HORACE

TO MY COUSIN ANNE BODHAM, ON RECEIVING FROM HER A PURSE

TO REV. WALTER BAGOT; EXCUSE FOR DELAY IN WRITING TO HIM

TO SIR JOHN FENN

TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

TO THE NIGHTINGALE WHICH THE AUTHOR HEARD ON NEW YEAR'S DAY

TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON [RECTOR OF ST. MARY, WOOLNOTH]

TO THE REV. MR. NEWTON: AN INVITATION TO THE COUNTRY

TO THE REV. WILLIAM BULL

TO THE REV. WILLIAM CAWTHORNE UNWIN

TO WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.; BY AN OLD SCHOOLFELLOW OF HIS

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, ESQ. IN REPLY TO HIS SOLICITATION

TO [THE REVEREND] MR. NEWTON ON HIS RETURN FROM RAMSGATE

TOM RABAN

TRANSLATION

TRUTH

UPON A VENERABLE RIVAL

VERSES WRITTEN AT BATH ON FINDING THE HEEL OF A SHOE

WRITTEN AFTER LEAVING HER AT NEW BURNS

WRITTEN IN A FIT OF ILLNESS; R.S.S.

WRITTEN IN A QUARREL (DELIVERY PREVENTED BY RECONCILIATION)

NOR LESS ATTRACTIVE IS THE WOODLAND SCENE

YE FALLEN AVENUES! ONCE MORE I MOURN

CRAZY KATE

FOREBEARANCE

DINNER PARTY

LEGS WITHOUT THE MAN

SOUL'S PROGRESS CHECKED BY TOO ABSORBING LOVE

TASK (BOOKS 1-6)

THREE GREAT EPIC POETS, FR. TABLE TALK

WALK TO EMMAUS



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