The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2

William Cowper

Routledge, 1854 - English poetry - 630 pages

Contents

• Horace: xxii
• Catharina: xliv
• Verses written at Bath on finding the Heel of a Shoe in 1748: 1
• Expostulation: 67
• + Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk: 158
• A Reflection on the Foregoing: 171
• The Winter Nosegay: 177
• The Poet the Oyster and Sensitive Plant: 184
• An Epistle to Joseph Hill: 311
• The Diverting History of John Gilpin: 336
• To the Rev Mr Newton on his Return from Ramsgate: 344
• On Friendship: 350
• In Submersionem Navigii cui Georgius Regale Nomen: 356
• The Valediction: 362
• Lines composed for a Memorial of Ashley Cowper Esq: 368
• On the Benefit received by his Majesty from Seabathing: 373
• The Poets New Years Gift: 382
• The Dog and the Water Lily: 391
• Annus Memorabilis 1789: 401
• Stanzas on the late Indecent Liberties taken with the Remains: 409
• + Yardley: 419
• An Epitaph 1792: 430
• To William Hayley: 437
• The Poplar Field: 447
• Epitaphium Alterum: 466
• The Castaway: 488
• EPIGRAMS: 506
• On the Platonic Idea as it was understood by Aristotle: 513
• To Giovanni Battista Manso Marquis of Villa: 520
• An Ode addressed to Mr John Rouse: 531
• Sonnets: 535
• Translation from Ovid: 547
• Stradas Nightingale: 556
• The Maze: 562
• TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK VERSES: 568
• On an Old Woman: 572
• On an Ugly Fellow: 578
• Avarus et Plutus: 584
• The Perfect Sacrifice: 589
• Watching unto God in the Night Season: 597
• Joy in Martyrdom: 603
• The Nativity: 609
• The Triumph of Heavenly Love desired: 615
• Happy Solitude Unhappy: 621
• The Acquiescence of Pure Love: 627

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2; Annotated edition of the English poets; British poets; Volume 8 of Library edition of the British poets; Volume 6 of Life and works of William Cowper, Robert Southey; Routledge's British poets
• Author: William Cowper
• Editor: Robert Aris Willmott
• Publisher: Routledge, 1854
• Original from: National Library of the Netherlands
• Digitized: Jun 5, 2012
• Length: 630 pages