Poems by William Cowper
The Shrubbery
... While peace possess'd these silent bow'rs, ...
from The Task, Book V: The Winter Morning Walk
... er the rest, Of late unsightly and unseen, now shine ...
Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience
... "What shall I do," was then the word, ...
On The Death Of Mrs. Throckmorton's Bullfinch
... Long backed, long tailed, with whiskered snout, ...
The Love of the World Reproved: or, Hypocrisy Detected
... Reviled and loved, renounced and followed, ...
The Cantab
... Til, at length overspent, and his sides smear'd with blood, ...
from The Task, Book VI: The Winter Walk at Noon
... It shall not grieve me, then, that once, when call&rsquo ...
from The Task, Book I: The Sofa
... d to a boy! Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain ...
from The Task, Book IV: The Winter Evening
... Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, ...
Olney Hymn 51: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear
... The length and breadth of all the plain ...
Mutual Forbearance : Necessary to the Happiness of the Married State
... and was it, Yet this dull room, and that dark closet, ...
Ode. Supposed To Be Written On The Marriage Of A Friend
... Its glooms shall brighten, and its pangs assuage ...
Olney Hymn 27: Welcome To The Table
... Not heaven affords a costlier treat, ...
Lines, Composed For A Memorial Of Ashley Cowper, Esq.
... In life's last stage, (O blessings rarely found!) ...
The Faithful Bird
... And chirp, and kiss, he seemd to say, ...
