WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COWPER, Esq.

COMPRISING

HIS POEMS,

CORRESPONDENCE, AND TRANSLATIONS.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY THE EDITOR,

ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL. D.

POET LAUREATE, ETC.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

BALDWIN AND CRADOCK,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

CHISWICK PRESS :

C. WHITTINGHAM, COLLEGE HOUSE.

THE present volume contains Cowper's Translations from Madame Guion, the Pieces originally published as the second volume of his Poems, and a few of those minor Poems which were not published till after his decease.

The Translations from Madame Guion appeared with the following Title, Dedication, and Preface.

POEMS,

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

OF

MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION,

BY THE LATE

WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

66

AUTHOR OF THE TASK."

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

SOME ORIGINAL POEMS OF MR. COWPER,

NOT INSERTED IN HIS WORKS.

LONDON-PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO.
NO. 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

THE present volume contains Cowper's Translations from Madame Guion, the Pieces originally published as the second volume of his Poems, and a few of those minor Poems which were not published till after his

decease.

The Translations from Madame Guion appeared with the following Title, Dedication, and Preface.

POEMS,

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH

OF

MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION,

BY THE LATE

WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF

66 THE TASK."

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

SOME ORIGINAL POEMS OF MR. COWPER,

NOT INSERTED IN HIS WORKS.

LONDON:-PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO.
NO. 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.