OF WILLIAM COWPER, Esq. COMPILED FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION: CONTAINING REMARKS ON HIS WRITINGS, AND ON THE PECULIARITIES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. BY THOMAS TAYLOR. "Untainted with the blandishments of vice, Grief poured a tide of anguish through his heart, PHILADELPHIA: KEY & BIDDLE, 23 MINOR STREET. ........ Um TO 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 FAVOURS RECEIVED FROM HIM, BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. |