Cowper, William

Cowper, William (1731 - 1800)

Index to poems
  1. Light Shining out of Darkness
  2. On Receipt Of My Mother's Picture
  3. On the Loss of the Royal George
  4. Sonnet to William Wilberforce, Esq.
  5. The Castaway
  6. The Retired Cat
  7. The Shrubbery
  8. The Task: from Book I: The Sofa
  9. The Task: from Book II: The Time-Piece
  10. The Task: from Book IV: The Winter Evening
  11. The Task: from Book V: The Winter Morning Walk
  12. The Task: from Book VI: The Winter Walk at Noon
  13. To Mary
Biography
  • Baird, John D.. “Cowper, William (1731-1800).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H. C. G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: OUP, 2004.
Given Name
William
Family Name
Cowper
Birth Date
November 15, 1731
Death Date
April 25, 1800
Nationality
English
Family Relations
father : John Cowper
mother : Anne Cowper
brother : John Cowper
Education
Religion
Literary Period
Age of Johnson
Literary Movement
Unknown
Illness
Buried At
St. Edmund's Chapel, East Dereham Church
First RPO Edition
1997