Poems
William Cowper (Author), William Wilson (Printer), John Bumpus (Bookseller), T. Greatheed (Contributor)
Print Book, English, 1821
Printed by W. Wilson, 4, Greville-Street, for J. Bumpus, Holborn Bars, Sharpe, King-Street, Covent-Garden, Samms, Pall-Mall, Warren, New Bond-Street, and Reilly, Lord-Street, Liverpool, London, 1821
poetry
2 volumes : illustrations ; 17 cm
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Vol. I. Table talk
The progress of error
Truth
Expostulation
Hope
Charity
Conversation
Retirement
The yearly distress, or, Tithing-time at Stock in Essex
Sonnet, addressed to Henry Cowper, Esq
Lines, addressed to Dr. Darwin
On Mrs. Montague's feather-hangings
Verses, by Alexander Selkirk, at Juan Fernandez
On the promotion of Edward Thurlow, Esq
Ode to peace
Human frailty
The modern patriot
On observing some names of little note
Report of an adjudged case, in none of the books
On the burning of Lord Mansfields library
On the same
The love of the world reproved
On the death of a bulfinch
The rose
The doves
A fable
A comparison
Another, addressed to a young lady
The poet's New Year's gift
Ode to Apollo
Pairing time anticipated
The dog and the water-lily
The poet, the oyster, and sensitive plant
The shrubbery
The winter nosegay
Mutual forbearance necessary to the married state
The Negro's complaint
Pity for poor Africans
Morning dream
Nightingale and glow-worm
On a goldfinch, starved to death in his cage
The pine-apple and the bee
Horace. Book II. Ode X
Reflections on the foregoing ode
The lily and the rose
Idem Latine redditum
The poplar field
Votum
Cicindela / by Vincent Bourne
The Glow-worm / translation of the foregoing
Cornicula / by Vincent Bourne
The jackdaw / translation of the foregoing
Ad grillum / anacreonticum by Vincent Bourne
The cricket / translation of the foregoing
Simile agit in simile / by Vincent Bourne
The parrot / translation of the foregoing
An epistle to a protestant lady in France
A tale, founded on a fact
History of John Gilpin
To the Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin
Answer to stanzas
On the ice island seen floating in the German ocean
On finding the heal of a shoe
Stanzas, on liberties taken with the remains of Milton
Vol. II. The task
Tirocinium, or, A review of schools
The cottager and his landlord
The colubriad
An epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq
An epistle to Robert Lloyd, Esq
To the Rev. Mr. Newton
Translation of Prior's Chloe and Euphelia
A tale, founded on an article of intelligence
The needless alarm
Catharina
The moralizer corrected
Heroism
The faithful bird
Boadicea
Sunset and sunrise
On the receipt of my mother's picture out of Norfolk
Friendship
The four ages
To the Spanish admiral Count Gravina, on his translation
On Mr. Chester, of Chichely
From a letter to the Rev. Mr. Newton
Inscription for the tomb of Mr. Hamilton
Stanzas for a bill of morality
On a similar occasion
On the queen's visit to London, in the year 1789
The enchantment dissolved
Submission
The judgement of the poets
The salad / by Virgil
Hymn, for the use of the Sunday School at Olney
Sonnet, to Charles Diodati
Tom William Hayley, Esq
To William Wilberforce, Esq
On an infant, translated from the Greek
Epitaph on a hare
Epitaphium alterum
To the Rev. Mr. Newton
Gratitude
The retired cat
On late acquired wealth
On a true friend
The four ages
On a plant of Virgin's bower
On the shortness of human life
Epitaph on Johnson
An account of the treatment of hares / by the author
Volume 1: x, 242 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates; volume 2: iv, 280 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates
Each volume with added engraved title page