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Critical Analysis of Famous Poems by William Cowper

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  • A Child Of God Longing To See Him Beloved
  • A Comparison
  • A Comparison. Addressed To A Young Lady
  • A Fable
  • A Figurative Description Of The Procedure Of Divine Love
  • A Manual, More Ancient Than The Art Of Printing, And Not To Be Found In Any Catalogue
  • A Poetical Epistle To Lady Austen
  • A Riddle
  • A Song : On The Green Margin
  • A Song : The Sparkling Eye
  • A Tale, Founded On A Fact, Which Happened In January, 1779
  • A Tale. June 1793
  • Abuse Of The Gospel
  • Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 1.
  • Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 2.
  • Adam: A Sacred Drama. Act 3.
  • Addressed To Miss Macartney, Afterwards Mrs. Greville, On Reading The Prayer For Indifference
  • Afflictions Sanctified By The Word
  • An Apology For Not Showing Her What I Had Wrote
  • An Attempt At The Manner Of Waller
  • An Enigma
  • An Epigram From Homer
  • An Epistle To Joseph Hill, Esq.
  • An Epistle To Robert Lloyd, Esq.
  • An Epitaph
  • An Epitaph (From The Greek)
  • An Epitaph 2 (From The Greek)
  • An Epitaph 3 (From The Greek)
  • An Epitaph 4 (From The Greek)
  • An Ode, On Reading Mr. Richardson's History Of Sir Charles Grandison
  • Annus Memorabilis : Written In Commemoration Of His Majesty's Happy Recovery
  • Answer To Stanzas Addressed To Lady Hesketh By Miss Catharine Fanshawe, In Returning A Poem
  • Anti-Thelyphthora. A Tale In Verse
  • Apology To Delia
  • Apology To Delia: For Desiring A Lock Of Her Hair
  • Aspirations Of The Soul After God
  • Boadicea. An Ode
  • By Callimachus
  • By Heraclides
  • By Moschus
  • By Philemon
  • Catharina
  • Catharina : The Second Part. On Her Marriage To George Courtenay, Esq.
  • Charity
  • Contentment
  • Conversation
  • Denner's Old Woman
  • Dependence
  • Divine Justice Amiable
  • Divine Love Endures No Rival
  • Elegy I. To Charles Deodati (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy Ii. On The Death Of The University Beadle At Cambridge (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy Iii. Anno Aet. 17. On The Death Of The Bishop Of Winchester (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy Iv. Anno Aet. 18. To My Tutor, Thomas Young, Chaplain Of The English Merchants Resident At Hamburg (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy V. Anno Aet. 20. On The Approach Of Spring (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy Vi. To Charles Diodati, When He Was Visiting In The Country (Translated From Milton)
  • Elegy Vii. Anno Aetates Undevigesimo (Translated From Milton)
  • Ephraim Repenting
  • Epigram
  • Epigram : On The Inventor Of Gunpowder (Translated From Milton)
  • Epigram : The Cottager And His Landlord. A Fable (Translated From Milton)
  • Epigram : To Christina, Queen Of Sweden, With Cromwell's Picture (Translation)
  • Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome (Translated From Milton)
  • Epigram : To Leonora Singing At Rome 2 (Translated From Milton)
  • Epitaph On A Free But Tame Redbreast, A Favourite Of Miss Sally Hurdis
  • Epitaph On A Hare
  • Epitaph On Fop, A Dog Belonging To Lady Throckmorton
  • Epitaph On Johnson
  • Epitaph On Mr. Chester Of Chicheley
  • Epitaphium Alterum
  • Epitaphium Alterum
  • Exhortation To Prayer
  • Expostulation
  • Familiarity Dangerous
  • For The Poor
  • Friendship
  • From Menander
  • From The Greek Of Julianus
  • Glory To God Alone
  • God Hides His People
  • God Moves In A Mysterious Way
  • God Neither Known Nor Loved By The World
  • Grace And Providence
  • Gratitude And Love To God
  • Gratitude, Addressed To Lady Hesketh
  • Happy Solitude--Unhappy Men
  • Hatred And Vengeance, My Eternal Portion
  • Hatred Of Sin
  • Heroism
  • Hope, Like The Short-Lived Ray That Gleams Awhile
  • Horace, Book I. Ode Ix.
  • Horace, Book I. Ode Xxxviii.
  • Horace, Book I. Ode Xxxviii. (2)
  • Horace, Book Ii. Ode Xvi.
  • Horace. Book Ii. Ode X.
  • Human Frailty
  • Hymn For The Use Of The Sunday School At Olney
  • I Will Praise The Lord At All Times
  • Idem Latine Redditum
  • In A Letter To C. P. Esq. Ill With The Rheumatism
  • In A Letter To C. P. Esq. In Imitation Of Shakspeare
  • In Memory Of The Late John Thornton, Esq.
  • In Seditionem Horrendam, Corruptelis Gallicus Ut Fertue, Londini Nuper Exortam
  • Inscription For A Hermitage In The Author's Garden
  • Inscription For A Moss-House In The Shrubbery At Weston
  • Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1790
  • Inscription For A Stone Erected At The Sowing Of A Grove Of Oaks At Chillington, Anno 1791
  • Inscription For The Tomb Of Mr. Hamilton
  • Invitation To The Redbreast
  • Jehovah Jesus
  • Jehovah Our Righteousness
  • Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord Will Provide
  • Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner
  • Jehovah-Rophi. I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee
  • Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace
  • Jehovah-Shammah
  • Jesus Hasting To Suffer
  • Joy And Peace In Believing
  • Joy In Martyrdom
  • Light Shining Out Of Darkness
  • Lines Addressed To Dr. Darwin, Author Of The 'Botanic Garden.'
  • Lines Addressed To Miss Theodora Jane Cowper, On Himself
  • Lines On The Death Of Sir William Russel
  • Lines Written During A Period Of Insanity
  • Lines Written For Insertion In A Collection Of Handwritings And Signatures Made By Miss Patty
  • Lines, Composed For A Memorial Of Ashley Cowper, Esq.
  • Lines. Oh! To Some Distant Scene
  • Lively Hope And Gracious Fear
  • Living And A Dead Faith
  • Living Water
  • Longing To Be With Christ
  • Looking Upwards In A Storm
  • Love Abused
  • Love Constrained To Obedience
  • Love Faithful In The Absence Of The Beloved
  • Love Increased By Suffering
  • Love Pure And Fervent
  • Lovest Thou Me?
  • Mary And John
  • Monumental Inscription To William Northcot
  • Mortals! Around Your Destined Heads
  • Mourning And Longing
  • Mutual Forbearance : Necessary To The Happiness Of The Married State
  • My Soul Thirsteth For God
  • No Sorrow Peculiar To The Sufferer
  • Not Works
  • O Lord, I Will Praise Thee
  • Ode On The Death Of A Lady, Who Lived One Hundred Years, And Died On Her Birthday, 1728 (Translation)
  • Ode To Apollo. On An Inkglass Almost Dried In The Sun
  • Ode To Peace
  • Ode. Supposed To Be Written On The Marriage Of A Friend
  • Of Himself
  • Old Testament Gospel
  • Olney Hymn 10: The Future Peace And Glory Of The Church
  • Olney Hymn 11: Jehovah Our Righteousness
  • Olney Hymn 12: Ephraim Repenting
  • Olney Hymn 13: The Covenant
  • Olney Hymn 14: Jehovah-Shammah
  • Olney Hymn 15: Praise For The Fountain Opened
  • Olney Hymn 16: The Sower
  • Olney Hymn 17: The House Of Prayer
  • Olney Hymn 18: Lovest Thou Me?
  • Olney Hymn 19: Contentment
  • Olney Hymn 1: Walking With God
  • Olney Hymn 20: Old Testament Gospel
  • Olney Hymn 21: Sardis
  • Olney Hymn 22: Prayer For A Blessing In The Young
  • Olney Hymn 23: Pleading For And With Youth
  • Olney Hymn 24: Prayer For Children
  • Olney Hymn 25: Jehovah Jesus
  • Olney Hymn 26: On Opening A Place For Social Prayer
  • Olney Hymn 27: Welcome To The Table
  • Olney Hymn 28: Jesus Hasting To Suffer
  • Olney Hymn 29: Exhortation To Prayer
  • Olney Hymn 2: Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord Will Provide
  • Olney Hymn 30: The Light And Glory Of The Word
  • Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister
  • Olney Hymn 32: The Shining Light
  • Olney Hymn 33: Seeking The Beloved
  • Olney Hymn 33: Seeking The Beloved
  • Olney Hymn 34: The Waiting Soul
  • Olney Hymn 35: Welcome Cross
  • Olney Hymn 36: Afflictions Sanctified By The Word
  • Olney Hymn 37: Temptation
  • Olney Hymn 38: Looking Upwards In A Storm
  • Olney Hymn 39: The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
  • Olney Hymn 3: Jehovah-Rophi: I Am The Lord That Healeth Thee
  • Olney Hymn 40: Peace After A Storm
  • Olney Hymn 42: Self-Acquaintance
  • Olney Hymn 43: Prayer For Patience
  • Olney Hymn 44: Submission
  • Olney Hymn 45: The Happy Change
  • Olney Hymn 46: Retirement
  • Olney Hymn 47: The Hidden Life
  • Olney Hymn 48: Joy And Peace In Believing
  • Olney Hymn 49: True Pleasures
  • Olney Hymn 4: Jehovah-Nissi: The Lord My Banner
  • Olney Hymn 50: The Christian
  • Olney Hymn 51: Lively Hope And Gracious Fear
  • Olney Hymn 52: For The Poor
  • Olney Hymn 53: My Soul Thirsteth For God
  • Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience
  • Olney Hymn 55: The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy
  • Olney Hymn 56: Hatred Of Sin
  • Olney Hymn 57: The New Convert
  • Olney Hymn 57: The New Convert
  • Olney Hymn 58: True And False Comforts
  • Olney Hymn 59: A Living And A Dead Faith
  • Olney Hymn 5: Jehovah-Shalom: The Lord Send Peace
  • Olney Hymn 60: Abuse Of The Gospel
  • Olney Hymn 61: The Narrow Way
  • Olney Hymn 62: Dependence
  • Olney Hymn 63: Not Of Works
  • Olney Hymn 64: Praise For Faith
  • Olney Hymn 65: Grace And Providence
  • Olney Hymn 66: I Will Praise The Lord At All Times
  • Olney Hymn 67: Longing To Be With Christ
  • Olney Hymn 68: Light Shining Out Of Darkness
  • Olney Hymn 6: Wisdom
  • Olney Hymn 7: Vanity Of The World
  • Olney Hymn 8: O Lord, I Will Praise Thee
  • Olney Hymn 9: The Contrite Heart
  • On A Bath, By Plato
  • On A Battered Beauty (From The Greek)
  • On A Fowler, By Isidorus
  • On A Goldfinch, Starved To Death In His Cage
  • On A Good Man (From The Greek)
  • On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Him Sold At The Author's Instance
  • On A Miser (From The Greek)
  • On A Miser, 2 (From The Greek)
  • On A Miser, 3 (From The Greek)
  • On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer
  • On A Plant Of Virgin's-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-Seat
  • On A Similar Character (From The Greek)
  • On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird
  • On A Thief (From The Greek)
  • On A True Friend (From The Greek)
  • On An Infant (From The Greek)
  • On An Old Woman (From The Greek)
  • On An Ugly Fellow (From The Greek)
  • On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart)
  • On Envy (From The Greek)
  • On Female Inconstancy (From The Greek)
  • On Flatteries (From The Greek)
  • On Flaxman's Penelope
  • On Hermocratia (From The Greek)
  • On Invalids (From The Greek)
  • On Late Acquired Wealth (From The Greek)
  • On Miltiades
  • On Mrs. Montague's Feather Hangings
  • On Niobe (From The Greek)
  • On Observing Some Names Of Little Note Recorded In The Biographia Britannica
  • On One Ignorant And Arrogant (Translated From Owen)
  • On Opening A Place For Social Prayer
  • On Pallas Bathing, From A Hymn Of Callimachus
  • On Pedigree. From Epicharmus
  • On Receipt Of My Mother's Picture
  • On Receiving Hayley's Picture
  • On Receiving Heyne's Virgil From Mr. Hayley
  • On The Astrologers (From The Greek)
  • On The Author Of Letters On Literature
  • On The Benefit Received By His Majesty From Sea-Bathing, In The Year 1789
  • On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield's Library
  • On The Death Of A Minister
  • On The Death Of Damon. (Translated From Milton)
  • On The Death Of Mrs. Throckmorton's Bullfinch
  • On The Death Of The Bishop Of Ely. Anno Aet. 17. (Translated From Milton)
  • On The Death Of The Vice-Chancellor, A Physician (Translated From Milton)
  • On The Grasshopper (From The Greek)
  • On The High Price Of Fish
  • On The Ice Islands Seen Floating In The German Ocean
  • On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of Milton
  • On The Loss Of The Royal George
  • On The Neglect Of Homer
  • On The Platonic 'Ideal' As It Was Understood By Aristotle. (Translated From Milton)
  • On The Promotion Of Edward Thurlow, Esq. To The Lord High Chancellorship Of England
  • On The Queen's Visit To London, The Night Of The 17th March 1789
  • On The Receipt Of A Hamper. (In The Manner Of Homer)
  • On The Receipt Of My Mother's Picture Out Of Norfolk
  • On The Reed (From The Greek)
  • On The Same - (On The Burning Of Lord Mansfield's Library)
  • On The Same By Palladas
  • On The Swallow (From The Greek)
  • Ovid. Trist. Lib. V. Elegy Xii.
  • Peace After A Storm
  • Pernicious Weed!
  • Pity For Poor Africans
  • Pleading For And With Youth
  • Praise For Faith
  • Praise For The Fountain Opened
  • Prayer For Children
  • Prayer For Patience
  • Prudent Simplicity (Translated From Owen)
  • R. S. S.
  • Reciprocal Kindness The Primary Law Of Nature
  • Report Of An Adjudged Case
  • Repose In God
  • Retalliation
  • Retirement
  • Retirement
  • Sardis
  • Scenes Favourable To Meditation
  • See Where The Thames, The Purest Stream
  • Seeking The Beloved
  • Self-Acquaintance
  • Self–diffidence
  • Self–love And Truth Incompatible
  • Simple Trust
  • Song
  • Song On Peace
  • Song. Written At The Request Of Lady Austen
  • Sonnet Addressed To William Hayley, Esq.
  • Sonnet I. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sonnet Ii. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sonnet Iii. Canzone. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sonnet Iv. To Charles Diodati. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sonnet To A Young Lady On Her Birth-Day
  • Sonnet To George Romney, Esq. On His Picture Of Me In Crayons
  • Sonnet To Henry Cowper, Esq.
  • Sonnet To William Wilberforce, Esq.
  • Sonnet V. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sonnet Vi. (Translated From Milton)
  • Sparrows Self-Domesticated In Trinity College, Cambridge
  • Stanzas On The Late Indecent Liberties Taken With The Remains Of The Great Milton
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1787
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1788
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1789
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1790
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1792
  • Stanzas Subjoined To The Yearly Bill Of Mortality Of The Parish Of All-Saints, Northampton. Anno Domini 1793
  • Strada's Nightingale
  • Submission
  • Sunset And Sunrise (Translated From Owen)
  • Sweet Meat Has Sour Sauce; Or, The Slave-Trader In The Dumps
  • Table Talk
  • Temptation
  • That Nature Is Not Subject To Decay (Translated From Milton)
  • The 5th Satire Of Book I. Of Horace : A Humorous Description Of The Author's Journey From Rome To Brundusium
  • The 9th Satire Of Book I. Of Horace : The Description Of An Impertinent. Adapted To The Present Times
  • The Acquiescence Of Pure Love
  • The Cantab
  • The Castaway
  • The Cause Won
  • The Christian
  • The Cock-Fighter's Garland
  • The Colubriad
  • The Contrite Heart
  • The Covenant
  • The Cricket
  • The Distress'D Travellers; Or, Labour In Vain
  • The Diverting History Of John Gilpin, Showing How He Went Farther Than He Intended, And Came Safe Home Again
  • The Dog And The Water Lily. No Fable
  • The Doves
  • The Entire Surrender
  • The Flatting-Mill. An Illustration
  • The Four Ages. A Brief Fragment Of An Extensive Projected Poem
  • The Future Peace And Glory Of The Church
  • The Glowworm
  • The Happy Change
  • The Heart Healed And Changed By Mercy
  • The Hidden Life
  • The House Of Prayer
  • The Ice Palace
  • The Innocent Thief
  • The Jackdaw
  • The Joy Of The Cross
  • The Judgement Of The Poets
  • The Light And Glory Of The Word
  • The Lily And The Rose
  • The Love Of God The End Of Life
  • The Love Of The World Reproved: Or, Hypocrisy Detected
  • The Maze
  • The Modern Patriot
  • The Moralizer Corrected. A Tale
  • The Morning Dream, A Ballad. To The Tune Of 'Tweed Side.'
  • The Narrow Way
  • The Nativity
  • The Necessity Of Self–abasement
  • The Negro's Complaint
  • The New Convert
  • The Nightingale And Glow-Worm
  • The Parrot
  • The Perfect Sacrifice
  • The Pine-Apple And The Bee
  • The Poet's New-Year's Gift. To Mrs. (Afterwards Lady) Throckmorton
  • The Poet, The Oyster, And Sensitive Plant
  • The Poplar Field
  • The Retired Cat
  • The Rose
  • The Salad. By Virgil
  • The Secrets Of Divine Love Are To Be Kept
  • The Shining Light
  • The Shrubbery, Written In A Time Of Affliction
  • The Silkworm
  • The Snail
  • The Soul That Loves God Finds Him Everywhere
  • The Sower
  • The Swallow
  • The Symptoms Of Love
  • The Task: Book I, The Sofa (Excerpts)
  • The Task: Book I. -- The Sofa
  • The Task: Book Ii, The Time-Piece (Excerpts)
  • The Task: Book Ii. -- The Time-Piece
  • The Task: Book Iii. -- The Garden
  • The Task: Book Iv, The Winter Evening (Excerpts)
  • The Task: Book Iv. -- The Winter Evening
  • The Task: Book V, The Winter Morning Walk (Excerpts)
  • The Task: Book V. -- The Winter Morning Walk
  • The Task: Book Vi, The Winter Walk At Noon (Excerpts)
  • The Task: Book Vi. -- The Winter Walk At Noon
  • The Tears Of A Painter
  • The Testimony Of Divine Adoption
  • The Thracian
  • The Triumph Of Heavenly Love Desired
  • The Valediction
  • The Valley Of The Shadow Of Death
  • The Vicissitudes Experienced In The Christian Life
  • The Waiting Soul
  • The Winter Nosegay
  • The Yearly Distress; Or, Tithing-Time At Stock In Essex
  • There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood
  • Tirocinium; Or, A Review Of Schools
  • To A Friend In Distress (Translated From Owen)
  • To A Young Friend, On His Arriving At Cambridge Wet, When No Rain Had Fallen There
  • To An Afflicted Protestant Lady In France
  • To Delia
  • To Delia: On Her Endeavouring To Conceal Her Grief At Parting
  • To Demosthenes
  • To Dr. Austin, Of Cecil Street, London
  • To Giovanni Battista Manso, Marquis Of Villa. (Translated From Milton)
  • To Giovanni Salzilli, A Roman Poet, In His Illness. Scazons (Translated From Milton)
  • To Health (From The Greek)
  • To John Johnson, On His Presenting Me With An Antique Bust Of Homer
  • To Mary
  • To Miss C-----, On Her Birthday
  • To Mr. John Rouse, Librarian Of The University Of Oxford. (Translated From Milton)
  • To Mrs. King, On Her Kind Present To The Author, A Patchwork Counterpane Of Her Own Making
  • To Mrs. Newton
  • To Mrs. Throckmorton, On Her Beautiful Transcript Of Horace's Ode Ad Librum Suum
  • To Mrs. Unwin
  • To My Cousin, Anne Bodham, On Receiving From Her A Network Purse, Made By Herself
  • To My Father (Translated From Milton)
  • To Sir Joshua Reynolds
  • To The Immortal Memory Of The Halibut, On Which I Dined This Day, Monday, April 26, 1784
  • To The Nightingale, Which The Author Heard Sing On New Year's Day
  • To The Rev. Mr. Newton : An Invitation Into The Country
  • To The Rev. Mr. Newton, On His Return From Ramsgate
  • To The Rev. Mr. Newton, Rector Of St. Mary Woolnoth
  • To The Rev. William Cawthorne Unwin
  • To The Reverend William Bull
  • To The Spanish Admiral Count Gravina
  • To Warren Hastings, Esq.
  • To William Hayley, Esq. June 29, 1793.
  • Translation From Virgil. Æneid, Book Viii. Line 18.
  • Translation Of Prior's Chloe And Euphelia
  • True And False Comforts
  • True Pleasures
  • Truth
  • Truth And Divine Love Rejected By The World
  • Upon A Venerable Rival
  • Vanity Of The World
  • Verses
  • Verses Printed By Himself On A Flood At Olney
  • Verses Written At Bath, On Finding The Heel Of A Shoe
  • Walking With God
  • Watching Unto God In The Night Season
  • Watching Unto God In The Night Season (2)
  • Watching Unto God In The Night Season (3)
  • Welcome Cross
  • Welcome To The Table
  • Wisdom
  • Written After Leaving Her At New Burns
  • Written In A Fit Of Illness. R. S. S.
  • Written In A Quarrel
  • Yardley Oak
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