William Cowper
William Cowper
William Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry. Samuel Taylor Coleridge called him "the best modern poet", whilst William Wordsworth particularly admired his poem Yardley-Oak. He was a nephew of the poet Judith Madan...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 November 1731
dog children soul
The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.
sweet heart men
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
blood rude chill
It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
god country men
God made the country, and man made the town.
regret eggs pleasure
Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
men mind earth
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
autumn garden perspective
Gardening imparts an organic perspective on the passage of time.
real men feet
I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
pride haughtiness proud
The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
lasts poverty
The beggarly last doit.
goodbye farewell half
Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is.
wise rain rivers
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.
fire mind fanatics
Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
cat bears kitten
... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.