The poetry of William Cowper
Reading Time: 2 minutesWilliam Cowper (1731-1800) was a prominent poet among the pre-romantics. “He”, says Compton-Rickett, “is a blend of the old and the new, with much of the form of the old and something of the spirit of the new.” His greatest poem is The Task. It is written in blank verse and contains the famous line,…
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