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
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The dearest idol I have known, Whatever that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne , And worship only thee.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Regions Caesar never knew / Thy posterity shall sway.
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My God, till I received thy stroke, / How like a beast was I! / So unaccustomed to the yoke, / So backward to comply.
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Greece, sound thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, / But England's Milton equals both in fame.
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Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood shall never lose its powerTill all the ransomed church of God be saved, to sin no more.
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All thy threads with magic art / Have wound themselves about this heart.