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
art infinitely thou
I know that Thou art infinitely gracious, but what will become of me?
art magic themselves thy wound
All thy threads with magic art / Have wound themselves about this heart.
art farewell sound
Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.
art poetry mechanic
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
art passion poetry
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
art modest virgins
Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.
art deer england
Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt; all mock thee for a prey; They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay.
god art crowns
But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!
art immortality
Blest be the art that can immortalize.
success art battle
Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest, and that the battle is the Lords?
art eye cheat
Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
art painting claims
Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.
ask birds jacques jean shall
I shall not ask Jean Jacques Rousseau - If birds confabulate or no
came haste soon
And up he got, in haste to ride, / But soon came down again.