ENGLISH CLASSICS

COW PER

H. T. GRIFFITH

VOL. II.

a

COW PER

THE TASK

WITH TIROCINIUM, AND SELECTIONS FROM THE

MINOR POEMS, A.D. 1784-1799

EDITED

WITH LIFE AND NOTES

BY

HENRY THOMAS GRIFFITH, B.A.

Vicar of Felmingham, Norfolk

Formerly Scholar of Pembroke College, Oxford

VOL. II

Oxford

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

MDCCC LXXIV

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CONTENTS,

PAGE

LIFE OF WILLIAM CowPER

vii

THE TASK (July 1783 to August 1784)

1. THE SOFA

II. THE TIME-PIECE .

3

25

175

MINOR POEMS (1784-1799)

EPISTLE TO J. Hill, Esq. (November 1784)

ODE TO APOLLO

THE FAITHFUL BIRD

177

178

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