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Born in November 26, 1731 / Died in April 25, 1800 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by William Cowper

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Sonnet IV. To Charles Diodati. (Translated From Milton)

...   With such fire-darting eyes, that should I fill ...

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In A Letter To C. P. Esq. In Imitation Of Shakspeare

... From the nice scale of judgement, honours more ...

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Repose In God

... Blest! who, free from self–esteem, ...

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Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton

... Here moulders one whose bones some honour claim ...

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The Testimony Of Divine Adoption

... There sovereign goodness soothes the breast, ...

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To John Johnson, On His Presenting Me With An Antique Bust Of Homer

... Proves dross, when balanced in the Christian scale ...

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Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe

... Conferr’dst thou, goddess! Thou art blind thou say’st: ...

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Expostulation

...   Hast thou, when Heaven has clothed thee with disgrace, ...

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On The Astrologers (From The Greek)

... And spoke not till he heard the funeral cries ...

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Olney Hymn 12: Ephraim Repenting

... No," saith the Lord, "with all his faults, ...

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Olney Hymn 16: The Sower

... But where the Lord of grace and power ...

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Olney Hymn 22: Prayer For A Blessing In The Young

... True, you are young, but there's a stone ...

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To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis of Villa. (Translated From Milton)

... Should aught absorb of their's, which thou could'st save, ...

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Olney Hymn 36: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word

... I bless'd Thine hand that caused the smart: ...

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On Flatteries (From The Greek)

... Who strikes, when most secure we seem, ...