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At once, upstood intelligent, survey'd
All creatures, with precision understood
Their purport, uses, properties, assign'd
To each his name significant, and, fill'd
With love and wisdom, render'd back to Heav'n
In praise harmonious the first air he drew.
He was excus'd the penalties of dull

Minority. No tutor charg'd his hand

With the thought-tracing quill, or task'd his mind With problems. History, not wanted yet,

Lean'd on her elbow, watching Time, whose course, Eventful, should supply her with a theme ;——————

FINI

INDEX.

Return to Cowper at Eartham,

Letter.

1792.

1 To Mrs. Courtenay. Manner of spending his time at Ear-

tham; epitaph on Fop,

2 To the Revd. Mr. Hurdis.
invitation to Eartham,

On the death of his sister;

Page.
1

Aug. 25..1

Aug. 26.. 4

Aug. 26. 7

...Sept. 9..10

......12

3 To Lady Hesketh. Improvement in his health; his portrait
by Romney,

4 To the same. On the beautiful scenery of Eartham; regrets
on leaving it,.....

Cowper's return to Weston,

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5 To W. Hayley, Esq. Account of his journey, Sept. 18.13
6 To the same. Same subject; visit to General Cowper;
to Mr. Rose, &c.
.....Sept. 21..14
His spirits sink on the approach of winter,

7 To the same:

Oct. 2..1

8 To the same. Full of affectionate regard; on Hayley's

verses to Dr. Austen,

.....Oct. 13.19

...........Oct. 19.21

9 To J. Johnson, Esq. Regret for his absence; on a sonnet
to Romney,
10 To the same. Moral reflection on sitting for a picture,

Oct. 22. 22

11 To W. Hayley, Esq. Difficulty of exertion; sonnet to
Romney,

.Oct. 28. 23

12 To S. Rose, Esq. Compliment on his professional industry;
hopes of future success,

.. Nov. 9..26

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13 To J. Johnson, Esq. Difficulty in commencing his Milton,

lowness of spirits,

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14 To W. Hayley, Esq. same subject,

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15 To J. Hill, Esq. Politics of the day,

.....Dec. 16..31

16 To W. Hayley, Esq. On his confinement in consequence
of his translating Milton,

1793.

Dec. 26..34

17 To the same. On the arrival of Mr. Hayley's picture,
Jan. 2..36

18 To the same. On the death of a friend, ... • • • • • Jan. 29. .38
19 To S. Rose, Esq. His translation of Homer, .... Feb. 5..40
20 To Lady Hesketh. TORYISM of Lady Hesketh and Mrs.
Rose,
.... Feb. 10..41

21 To S. Rose, Esq. On the Analytical Review of his Homer,
Feb. 17. 42

22 To the Revd. Mr. Hurdis. Professorship of poetry; dis-
coveries in natural history,
.. Feb. 22..44

23 To W. Hayley, Esq. His dream respecting Milton, Feb. 24••46
24 To the Revd. W. Bagot. Republicans of France, Mar. 4..49
25 To Mr. T. Hayley. On Mr. T. Hayley's strictures on his
Homer,
.. March 14..50

Mr. T. Hayley's Letter to Cowper, ....

26 To W. Hayley, Esq. Revisal of his Homer, March 19..56

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27 To S. Rose, Esq. Revised translation of Homer, March 27..58
28 To J. Johnson, Esq. Mr. Johnson's resolution to take
holy orders,

April 11..60
29 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the notes to his Homer, April 23..62
30 To the Revd. W. Bagot. On the death of those we love,
May 4.63

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May 7 ··67

31 To S. Rote, Esq. On the notes of his Homer, .... May 5..64
32 To Lady Hesketh. TORY ISM of Lady Hesketh,
33 To W. Hayley, Esq. Distribution of his time,

May 21..68

Letter.

Page.
34 To Lady Hesketh. With his verses to a young friend on his
arrival at Cambridge wet, when no rain had fallen there.

June 1..71

35 To the Revd. Mr. Hurdis. On the illness of Miss Hurdis,

June 6..73

36 To W. Hayley Esq. On the proposal of a joint composition,
June 29..75

37 To the same. On his projected poem of the Four Ages,

July 7..77

38 To the Revd. Mr. Greatheed. On Mr. Greatheed's invitation,

July 17..80

39 To W. Hayley, Esq. Improvements in his garden, July 24.82
40 To Lady Hesketh. On his lines and acknowledgments to
Miss Fanshaw,••
•••••August 11..85

41 To W. Hayley Esq. On his new buildings, and improve-

ments,

...August 15..86

42 To Mrs. Courtenay. The treatment of Bob Archer by a
roguish fiddler,

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August 20.89

43 To S. Rose, Esq. Notes to his Homer, ...... August 22..91
44 To W. Hayley, Esq. On Flaxman's monument to Lord
Mansfield,

August 27.93

45 To Lady Hesketh. On Lady Hesketh's visit to Weston,

August 29..96

46 To the Revd. Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson's present of a
sun-dial,

..97

47 To W. Hayley, Esq. On his affected mirth, and real me-
lancholy,
Sept. 8..100
48 To Mrs. Courtenay. On Mr. Johnson's present of a sun-
dial,
.....Sept. 15.102

....

49 To the Revd. Mr, Johnson. On Mr. Johnson's visit to
Weston,...
....Sept. 29.104

50 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the visits and civilities, which
wasted his time,

..106

51 To the same. On Mr. Hayley and his son's visit to Weston,

Oct. 18.108

Letter.

Pagei

52 To the Revd. J. Jekyll Rye. On Mr. Hurdis's election to
the professorship of poetry at Oxford,........ Nov. 3..109
The author's second visit to Weston,

110

111

Lord Spencer's invitation of Cowper to Althorpe
The invitation declined on account of Mrs. Unwin's health, 111

53 To Mrs. Courtenay. Mr. Hayley's visit, ...

......

Nov. 4..112

114

Declining health of Cowper and Mrs. Unwin,

54 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Beauties of Weston,...... Nov. 5.116
55 To the Revd. W. Bagot. Reflections on the French revo-

....

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lution,
Nov. 10.118
56 To the Revd. Mr. IIurdis. On Hayley's life of Milton;
his own commentary,
Nov. 24. 120
57 To S. Rose, Esq. Subjects for painting recommended; idea
of a joint work with Hayley, ............................... Nov. 29.122
58 To the same. Thanking him for books, Jonathan Wild,—
Man as he is, &c.
.....Dec. 8.125
59 To W. Hayley, Esq. Uneasy at not hearing from him;
plan of continuing the Four Agss, ••••• Dec. 8.. 126

Origin of Cowper's projected poem on the four ages of man
-His billet to the Revd. Mr. Buchanan, 127 to 129——Čom-
mencement of the poem, 132....The health of Cowper declines

-The incident, that gave rise to the two last of his cheerful
Letters, 138

60 To W. Hayley, Esq. Criticism on the address of Hector
to his son,
...Dec. 17.138

61 To the same.

1794.

ne. Same subject,

. Jan. 5..141

The author induced to visit Weston during the severe ill-
ness of Cowper by a friendly exhortatlon from Mr. Greatheed, 146
-The sufferings of the invalide-The ineffectual sympathy of
his friends-The grant of a pension from his Majesty to Cowper,
153-After remaining at Weston under the care of Lady Hesketh
till July 1795, Cowper and Mrs. Unwin remove to Norfolk under
the conduct of his kinsman, the Revd. Doctor Johnson-Stanzas

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