Collected Poems

Name: Collected Poems
Author: William Cowper

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William Cowper

English poet whose The Task and hymns written with John Newton (Olney Hymns) were widely popular. His nature poetry and domestic subjects were important precursors to Wordsworth.

More by William Cowper

The TaskPhilosophical poem celebrating domestic life, nature, and rural retirement over public ambition
Olney HymnsReligious hymns combining evangelical faith with emotional sensibility and spiritual intensity
The Diverting History of John GilpinComic narrative poem of an ordinary man's unintentional adventure and comic misfortune