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
life maps busy
What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
life stills still-life
Still ending, and beginning still.
freedom slave charm
No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
freedom slave freeman
He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.
time guests fit
Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.
moving way mysterious
God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
way tails stuck
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting.
god country men
God made the country, and man made the town.
cat skins kitten
I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.
cat loss reflection
... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity.
cat bears kitten
... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.
fire mind fanatics
Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
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.
lasts poverty
The beggarly last doit.