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His brother's conversion and death

Impressions it made on Cowper's mind...

39 Cowper's description of his character, and tribute to his mem-

ory...

41 Begins with Mr. Newton to write the Olney Hymns..

CHAPTER VII.

42 Second attack of depression....

....

Impossible that religion could be the cause.........

Some remarks of Hayley animadverted upon..................

Cowper kindly taken under Mr. Newton's care...

47 Undertakes to domesticate some leverets.......

Mr. Newton's removal from Olney..

Mr. Bull's introduction to Cowper..

Cowper's playful description of his character

Begins the translation of Madame Guyon's Songs..

48 Commences writing his original works....

Describes the state of his mind...

Remarks on the rapid flight of time....

49 His opinion respecting the duties of the Sabbath

CHAPTER VIII.

92

Makes preparations for publishing his first volume....

Assigns reasons for becoming an author

50 Sends the work to the press.

........

Great pains he took with his compositions

Mr. Newton's preface to the volume.

Its publication, and how it was received

State of his mind while composing it..

.102

His ardent and sincere piety...

ib.

Describes the objects he had in view in composing it

53 Its completion, and the commencement of his "Homer".

113

Withdrawal from Lady Austin.

ib.

Continuance of depression...

114

Age.

Gloomy and desponding state of his mind...

His remarks on the peculiarity of his own case..

Declines contributing to the "Theological Magazine".

Danger of trifling with our Maker.....

His deep aversion to a formal profession of religion

120

........

False professors of religion more dangerous to its interests than

avowed infidels...

122

CHAPTER X.

54 Publication of his second volume

Humiliating views entertained of himself..

124

125

Commencement of his correspondence with Lady Hesketh... 126

Interesting remarks to that lady...

127

Her intended visit to the poet, and his feelings on the occasion 129

Her arrival at Olney, and its happy effects on Cowper's mind 132

His removal to Weston...

Becomes intimate with the Throckmorton family

Remarks on the effect of frequent removals...

CHAPTER XI

Description of his religious experience

Ill-grounded apprehensions of his friends

Reasons for translating "Homer".

Immense pains he took with it..

Diligently employed in its revisal..

Vexation he experienced from critics.

CHAPTER XII.

55 Interesting description of his house at Weston..

Death of Mrs. Unwin's son ....

Cowper's distressing feelings on the occasion..

Labors again under severe indisposition

Commencement of his acquaintance with Mr. Rose..

Continuance of his depression...

56 Vigor with which he prosecuted it........

Continued desires after religion......

Reasons for declining to write on the "Slave Trade"........ 167

Commencement of his correspondence with Mrs. King...... 168

Age.

Page

Interesting extracts from letters to Mrs. King...

168

Comparison between us and our ancestors....

Reflections on the death of Ashly Cowper, Esq.

Again declines writing on slavery

Close attention to his Homer

Amusing imaginary sketch of Mrs. King

Mr. Rose's arrival at Weston......

Lady Hesketh's second visit to the poet..

57 Indefatigable attention to his translation...

Excuses for his inattention to his correspondents

Composes several short poems...

Anecdote of the Northampton parish clerk.

Lines on the death of a cock-fighter...

CHAPTER XIV.

Concern for Mrs. Unwin, who was much injured by a fall.... 185

Increased attention to his translation....

186

58 Revises, to oblige an entire stranger, a volume of hymns for

children.

Advantages of a rural situation for the cultivation of religion ib.

Sympathetic remarks to Mr. Newton on the death of his wife 199

Solicits Mr. Newton for a more regular correspondence...... ib.

Unabated attachment to religion................

Vindication of Milton, and remarks on Paradise Lost........ 206

Age.

Page

Unsuccessful attempt to obtain from him original poetry..... 206
Commencement of his intimacy with Mr. Hayley

60 Mrs. Unwin's first attack of paralysis...........

Continuance of his gloomy apprehensions...

Mr. Hayley's first visit to Weston....

Anecdotes respecting Mr. Hayley's first letter to Cowper..... 211

Pleasure Cowper derived from Mr. Hayley's visit..

Mrs. Unwin's second paralytic attack...

Deep concern of Cowper on the occasion.

Depressed state of his mind...

Engages to pay Mr. Hayley a visit..

Anxiety respecting the journey..

Remarks on Mrs. Unwin's piety..

......

Playful feelings on sitting for his portrait.............

Manner in which he and Mr. Hayley employed themselves.. 222

State of his mind while there..

223

Return to Weston, and interview with General Cowper..... 224

Declines a joint literary undertaking..

Willing to write, with others, a poem entitled The Four Ages 236

CHAPTER XVII.

Mr. Hayley's second visit to Weston.......

62 Cowper's undiminished regard for Mrs. Unwin, and poetic tri-

Lord Spencer's kind attention to the poet...

Mr. Greathead's visit and letter to Mr. Hayley....

Mr. Hayley and his son's visit to Weston

....

63 His Majesty's grant of a pension to the poet....
Removal into Norfolk in the care of his kinsman.

64 Takes possession of Dunham Lodge.....

Interest he took in Mr. Wakefield's Homer..

Age.

Page

Tablet to her memory

65 Death of Mrs. Unwin....

Dr. Johnson's great attention to the poet

Happy results of the Doctor's ingenuity...

66 Dowager Lady Spencer's visit to the poet.....

67 Stanzas, entitled "The Cast-away"

Dr. Johnson's various efforts to afford him relief

68 The poet's last letter to Mr. Hayley..

Is visited by Mr. Rose..

Disconsolate state of his mind..

ib.

His last words and death, 25th April, 1800..

Monumental tablet, and lines to his memory...

258

259

Aversion to bigotry-scholastic attainments

His productions, compared with those of his predecessors....

263

ib.

Comparison between him, and Milton and Young......

265

..........

His deep experimental piety .....

ib.

Was the first who really made Poetry the hand-maid to Reli-

gion...

267

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