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BY
WILLIAM COW PER.
WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL INTRODUCTION,
BY THE REV. THOMAS DALE:
AND
SEVENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS, ENGRAVED BY J. ORRIN SMITH,
FROM DRAWINGS BY JOHN GILBERT.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
TILT AND BOGUE, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCXLI.
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
.
The Task, in Six Books :-
Page
Book 1.-The Sofa
1
II.-The Timepiece
31
III.-The Garden
61
IV.—The Winter Evening
91
V.–The Winter Morning Walk
121
VI.-The Winter Walk at Noon
153
Tirocinium ; or, a Review of Schools .
187
Yardley Oak
220
Sonnet, addressed to William Hayley, Esq. .
225
On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture, out of Norfolk . 226
An Epistle to an afflicted Protestant Lady in France 231
To the Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin
233
An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.
234
To the Rev. Mr. Newton
236
On receiving Hayley's Picture
237
Catharina .
238
The Moralizer corrected. A Tale.
. 240
The Faithful Bird
243
The Neediess Alarm. A Tale
245
To John Johnson
249
Boadicea. An Ode
250
Heroism
252
Friendship
255
On a mischievous Bull
262
On the Queen's Visit to London, March 17, 1789 . 263
Annus Memorabilis, 1789, written in Commemoration of
His Majesty's happy Recovery
267
Gratitude. Addressed to Lady Hesketh
269
To my Cousin, Anne Bodham
271
A Poetical Epistle to Lady Austen
· 272
To Mrs. King
. 275
Sonnet, to William Wilberforce, Esq. .
. 277
To Dr. Austin, of Cecil Street, London
· 277
Sonnet, to George Romney, Esq.
278
To Mrs. Unwin
· 279
To Mary
280
On the Loss of the Royal George .
282
Stanzas, subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for 1787 . . 284
On a Similar Occasion, for the Year 1788
286
On a Similar Occasion, for the Year 1789
288
On a Similar Occasion, for the Year 1790
290
On a Similar Occasion, for the Year 1792
292
On a Similar Occasion, for the Year 1793
294
Inscription for a Stone on sowing a Grove of Oaks 296
In Memory of the late John Thornton, Esq.
297
Verses to the Memory of Dr. Lloyd
299
Epitaph on Mrs. M. Higgins
. 300
Epitaph on “Fop” .
300
Epitaph on a Hare .
301
Lines, composed for a Memorial of Ashley Cowper, Esq. 303
Hymn for the Use of the Sunday School at Olney. 304
The History of John Gilpin .
306
TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNE:-
1. The Glow-worm
315
II. The Jackdaw
316
III. The Parrot
318
IV. The Cricket
320
V. Reciprocal Kindness the Primary Law of Nature 321
VI. The Thracian
322
VII. A Manual, more ancient than the Art of Printing · 323
VIII. Au Enigma .
325
IX. Sparrows, self-domesticated in Trinity College 326
X. Familiarity Dangerous
328
XI. Invitation to the Redbreast
XII. Strada’s Nightingale
330
XIII. Ode on the Death of a Lady
XIV. The Cause Won
332
XV. The Silkworm
333
XVI. Denner's Old Woman
334
XVII. The Maze
335
XVIII, No Sorrow peculiar to the Sufferer .
XIX. The Snail
. 336