Iresented

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THE LIFE

OF

WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ

COMPILED

FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE,

AND OTHER

AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION

CONTAINING

REMARKS ON HIS WRITINGS, AND ON THE PECULIARITIES
OF HIS INTERESTING CHARACTER,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

BY THOMAS TAYLOR.

"Untainted with the blandishments of vice,
Which mark the manners of the present age,
He sought and found the pearl of precious price
Which stands recorded in the sacred page.
Yet, spite of all that wisdom could impart,

And all the fervor of religious flame,

Grief poured a tide of anguish through his heart,
And shook the fabric of his mental frame,"

SECOND AMERICAN, FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY EDWARD C. BIDDLE,
No. 6 South Fifth Street.

CENTRAL COLLECTION

4063

то

R. D. ALEXANDER, ESQ. F.L.S.

THE STEADY, DETERMINED, AND PERSEVERING FRIEND OF HUMANITY,

THIS LIFE

OF THE AMIABLE, PIOUS, AND HIGHLY-GIFTED

BUT DEEPLY-AFFLICTED POET,

COWPER,

WHICH OWES ITS EXISTENCE ENTIRELY TO HIS SUGGESTION

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

AS A SLIGHT, BUT SINCERE AND GRATEFUL,
TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM,

FOR THE NUMEROUS UNMERITED FAVORS RECEIVED FROM

HIM,

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.

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