THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COWPER.

COMPRISING

HIS POEMS,

CORRESPONDENCE, AND TRANSLATIONS.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

BY THE EDITOR,

ROBERT SOUTH E Y, LL.D.

POET LAUREATE, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED WITH FIFTY FINE ENGRAVINGS.

IN EIGHT VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

LONDON:

H. G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLIV.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
MAR 22 1957

Trans DONCL

24,622.

CONTENTS.

COWPER'S LETTERS.

To Lady Hesketh.

criminal prosecutions. ■

1. He seldoms reads a letter

Mr. Bean

To the Rev. John Newton. March

immediately before he answers it.

To the Rev. John Newton. March 3. Mr. Bean's arrival at Olney.
Commencement of his correspondence with Mrs. King.

To Lady Hesketh. March 3. Telling her that he has been in at

the death of a fox

1788.

Page

Feb. 22. Remarks on oratory as used in

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To Mrs. King. March 3. Rejoices in her happiness. Outlines of
his own history.

To Lady Hesketh.

March 12. Hannah More. Thoughts on the

Manners of the Great.

To General Cowper.

To Mrs. Hill. March 17.

books

To the Rev. John Newton.

The Throckmortons

an old tune at a lady's request. Mr. Bean .

To the Rev. Walter Bagot. March 19. Manners of the Great.

Few who read his translation will be qualified to appreciate it

To Samuel Rose, Esq. March 29.

Journey on foot. Wonders

that Rose should find pleasure in his society. Thanks for Clarke's

Homer. Slave trade.

To Lady Hesketh. March 31. Message to Mrs. Throckmorton.
Song on the Slave Trade. Hannah More

To Mrs. King. April 11. His melancholy. Reasons why he
cannot visit her. The world a foolish world, and not to be made
wiser except by the Great Teacher
To the Rev. John Newton. April 19. Apprehensive that government
will do nothing effectual for abolishing the slave trade. Mr. Bean

To Lady Hesketh. May 1. Promising long letters

Smollett's on Quixote.

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To Joseph Hill, Esq. May 8. Giving up all hope of recovering his

library. Prints of Crazy Kate and the Lace-Maker. Cowper

himself βόην ἀγαθος.

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