The Works of Cowper and Thomson

128 To the Rev. J. Newton. Translation of Mr. New- 169 To the Rev. J. Newton. Captain Cook's last voyage,

ton's letter into Dutch,

Page.

129 To the same. His love of home; styles of Robertson and Gibbon,

130 To the Rev. W. Bull,

June 19 234 170 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Publication of the Task, July 27 ib. Aug. 3 235 171 To J. Hill, Esq. Dr. Cotton truly a philosopher, 131 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On ballads; anecdote of his goldfinch, Aug. 4 ib. 172 To the Rev. J. Newton. Effect of sounds, Sept. 18 ib. Sept. 7 236 173 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Punctuation of blank verse, from a fe

Aug. 16 260

Sept. 11 261

Sept. 11 262

132 To the same. Madame Guion's poems, 133 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his recovery

ver; story of a clerk in a public office,

134 To the same. Description of a visit to Mr.

Oct. 2 263 Sept. 8 237 174 To the Rev. J. Newton. On unconnected thoughts; death of Captain Cook, Oct. 9 ib. Sept. 23 ib. 175 To the Rev. W. Unwin. The tendency of the Task, and of all his writings, Oct. 10 264 176 To the same. On his poem, Tirocinium, Oct. 20 265 177 To the Rev. J. Newton. Sandwich islanders, Oct. 30 266 178 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reasons why an author may wish to keep his works secret, 179 To the Rev. W. Bull,

135 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Philosophers happy; air
balloons,
Sept. 29 238
136 To the Rev. J. Newton. Tendency of the Gospel to
promote the happiness of mankind, Oct. 6 239
137 To the same.
Oct. 240
138 To J. Hill, Esq. Comforts of a winter evening, Oct. 20 241
139 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reflections on the unkind

On the American loyalists,

Nov. 1 267

Nov. 8 ib.

180 To Joseph Hill, Esq. On the death of his mother, Nov. 268
181 To the Rev. J. Newton. His poems, the Task and
Tirocinium,
Nov. 27 ib.
182 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Tirocinium, 1784,
183 To the same. His poems; picture of Lunardi,

behaviour of acquaintance, Nov. 10 ib. 140 To the same. The same subject; L'Estrange's Josephus, Nov. 24 242 141 To the same. Account of Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton,

269

ib.

Nov. 29 ib.

1784. 142 To the same. East India Company's Charter, Jan. 3 243 143 To the Rev. J. Newton. Departure of the old year,

Jan. 18 244

Dec. 13 270 185 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Inscription of Tirocinium; compliment to Bishop Bagot, Dec. 18 271

144 To the Rev. W. Unwin. State of departed spirits, Jan. 245 186 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his poem being called 145 To the Rev. J. Newton. On East India affairs; Lines

1785. 187 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Death of Dr. Johnson, and an epitaph on him, Jan. 15 272 188 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On two small poems, the Feb. 10 247 Poplar Field and the Rose, Feb. 7 273 Feb. 22 248 189 To the same. Reflections on the impatience of authors, March 20 ib. 190 To the same. 191 To J. Hill, Esq. ney, 192 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Account of a violent thun

Celebrity of John Gilpin, April 30 274
Description of his boudoir at Ol-

June 25 275

March 8 249

May 8 255

April 251 156 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Beattie and Blair; origin of language, April 5 252 157 To the same. Observations on Blair's Lectures, April 25 253 158 To the Rev. J. Newton. Difference of style between Beattie and Blair, April 26 ib. 159 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On face-painting, May 3 254 160 To the same. Declines writing a sequel to John Gilpin,

161 To the Rev. J. Newton. Dr. Johnson's favourable opinion of his poems,

168 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On the inhabitants of the islands in the Pacific Ocean,

1786. May 22 256 202 To Lady Hesketh. Correcting his poems, Jan. 10 292 162 To the same. Same subject, June 5 ib. 203 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his visiting Lady Hes. 163 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Tax on candles, July 3 ib. keth; on Homer, Jan. 14 ib. 164 To the Rev. J. Newton. Mythology of the ancients; 204 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Translation of Homer, Jan. 15 283 new taxes, July 5 257 205 To the same. Dr. Maty's opinion of the Task, Jan. 23 ib. 165 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Vincent Bourne; Hume's 206 To Lady Hesketh. On receiving a snuff-box with Essay on Suicide, July 12 258 portraits of his three hares, Jan. 31 294 166 To the Rev. J. Newton. Madness sometimes hu- 207 To the same. On her promised visit to Olney, Feb. 9 255 morous and sometimes whimsical, July 19 259 208 To the same. Vexations attendant on a variety of 167 To the same. Pleasant situation of Lymington; Mr. criticisms; the Chancellor's promise, Feb. 11 ib. Gilpin, July 28 ib. 209 To the same. On their expected meeting at Olney, Feb. 19 286 Aug. 14 260 210 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Death of Mrs. Bagot, Feb. 27 287

214 To Lady Hesketh. On her postponing her visit; de-
scription of the vicarage,

April 17 ib.

215 To the same. Her letters his comfort,

217 To the same.

April 24 290
216 To the same. Dr. Maty's critique on his Homer;
description of his own feelings,
May 8 ib.
Pain and pleasure on the sight of a
long-absent friend,
May 15 292
218 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Submission to the will of
God; Horace's advice to authors,
May 20 293
219 To Lady Hesketh. Gives up meeting her at New-
port; lines in the Task; state of his nerves, May 25 294|
220 To the same. Beauties of the spring; his spirits less
depressed,

221 To the same. His feelings on her expected arrival;
Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton,

222 To J. Hill, Esq. His time much occupied by Ho-
mer; the Chancellor's illness,

Page.

Sept. 29 311

251 To the same. On the Memoirs of Baron de Tott,

252 To S. Rose, Esq. On leaving the country after the death of his father,

Oct. 19 ib. 253 To Lady Hesketh. On a kitten and a leech, Nov. 10 312 254 To J. Hill, Esq. On his own studies, Nov. 16 ib. 255 To Lady Hesketh. Beauties of Weston; the clerk of Northampton; on a paper in the Mirror; anecdote of a beggar,

Nov. 27 ib.

256 To the same. On his neighbours,
257 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On his Homer, and Bishop
Bagot,
Dec. 6 ib.
258 To Lady Hesketh. On a ball, and his translation,
Dec. 10 314
259 To S. Rose, Esq. On his Homer; talents given by
nature,
1788.
On verses by Mr. Merry; inocu-

Dec. 4 313

Dec. 13 ib.

Jan. 1 315

Jan. 5 316

Jan. 19 ib.

Jan. 30 317

May 29 295 260 To Lady Hesketh. lation, June 4 and 5 296 261 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On Bishop Bagot, and his Homer, June 9 297 262 To Lady Hesketh. Reasons for writing few occasional poems; on a print of Bunbury's, 263 To the same. On his own anxiety, 264 To the same. On trouble as the portion of mortality; on reading a book of his Iliad to Mr. Greatheed,

223 To the same. Lady Hesketh's visit, and the village
of Weston,
June 19 ib.
224 To the Rev. W. Unwin. The arrival of Lady Hes-
keth; residence in Olney; Latin books for young
readers,

July 3 ib.

225 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Revisal of his Homer, July 4 298 265 To. S. Rose, Esq. Improvement of time; on the re226 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his Homer,

Feb. 1 ib.

Oct. 6 ib. 274 To the same. Smollett's Don Quixote; on his friend Mr. Rowley, 236 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Change of habitation, Nov. 17 ib. 237 To Lady Hesketh. A poet's hermitage, Nov. 26 304 275 To J. Hill, Esq. 238 To the same. On the death of Mr. Unwin, Dec. 4 305 276 To Lady Hesketh. 239 To Robert Smith, Esq. (the present Lord Carrington.) 277 To J. Hill, Esq. On two prints, Crazy Kate and the On the same subject,

240 To Lady Hesketh. On the same subject,
241 To J. Hill, Esq. On the same subject,
242 To Lady Hesketh. On praise to a poet,

1787.

"Dec. 9 ib.
Dec. 9 306 278 To Lady Hesketh. Same subject; Mrs. Montague,
Dec. 9 ib.

Dec. 21 307 279 To the same. Sufferings from the east wind; extra-
ordinary advertisement of a dancing-master, June 3 325
280 To J. Hill, Esq. Death of Ashley Cowper, Esq. June 8 ib.
281 To Lady Hesketh. On the same subject,

On the book entitled, "The Manners of the Great,"

March 12 ib.

321

ib. 271 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On "The Manners of the Great," and his Homer,

March 19 ib.

March 29 322

March 31 ib.

May 6 323

Lace-maker; bust of Paris,

May 24 324

May 27 ib.

250 To the same.

243 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Homer's description of
slaughter; praise of the author and Mr. Unwin,
Jan. 3 ib.
244 To Lady Hesketh. On Homer, and his song of the
Rose,
Jan. 8 ib.
245 To the same. Obliged by indisposition to suspend
his Homer; on dreams, and a visit from Mr. Rose,
Jan. 18 308
246 To Samuel Rose, Esq. His indisposition; Burns'
Poems,
July 24 309
247 To the same. On his reviving health; Barclay's
Argenis and Burns,
Aug. 27 ib.
243 To Lady Hesketh. On the family at Weston Hall,
Aug. 30 310
249 To the same. Books he had read,
Sept. 4 ib.
On a lady whom he met at the Hall,
Sept. 15 ib.

June 10 ib.

282 To the same. On the same subject,
283 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On scenes of horror,

June 15 326

Letter.

291 To S. Rose, Esq. Vincent Bourne; invitation to his friend, Nov. 30 330 292 To. J. Hill, Esq. Introduction of Mr. Rose, Dec. 2 331 336 To Mr. Johnson. Mr. Fuseli's strictures on his Ho293 To Robert Smith, Esq.

1789.

Page. Letter.

Page.

335 To the same. Cautions against an heedless inattention to friends,

July 31 347

Dec. 20 ib.

Sept. 7 348

Sept. 9 ib.

Sept. 13 ib. Mr. Newton's preface, &c. Oct. 3 349 On the joys and sorrows of infan

294 To S. Rose, Esq. On memory; Sir J. Hawkins,

295 To the same. On accidents,

mer, 337 To Mrs. Bodham. Mr. Johnson's carrying his Homer to London,

Jan. 19 ib. 338 To S. Rose, Esq. On his marriage; preface to HoJan. 24 ib. mer, 296 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Progress in Homer, Jan. 29 332 339 To Mr. Johnson. 297 To S. Rose, Esq. On Hawkins Brown, May 20 ib. 340 To Mrs. Bodham. 298 To the same. Cuckow clocks; Boswell's Tour, cy, Nov. 21 ib. June 5 ib. 341 To J. Johnson, Esq. Visit from the Dowager Lady Spencer, Nov. 26 ib. June 16 333 342 To S. Rose, Esq. Prediction of future eminence in his profession, Nov. 30 350 343 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Translation of Homer; on the office of Poet Laureat, 344 To J. Johnson, Esq. King's College subscription; family of the Donnes,

299 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Compliments on the mar riage of his friend,

300 To S. Rose, Esq. On Hawkins and Boswell, June 20 ib. 301 To Mrs. Throckmorton. Poetical talents of a friend;

incidents at the Hall, July 18 ib. 302 To S. Rose, Esq. Improvement of time in early life, July 23 334

Dec. 1 ib.

Dec. 18 351

Aug. 8 ib.

1791.

Variations in our summers;

on Mr. J.

305 To the same. On receiving several presents, tive imitation of the Odyssey,

306 To J. Hill, Esq. French revolution,

a spor.
Oct. 4 335
Dec. 18 ib. 347 To J. Johnson, Esq. Playful remarks on his charac-
ib.
ter,
Jan. 21 352
336 348 To S. Rose, Esq. His present of Pope's Homer,

307 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On Villoison's Homer, 308 To the same. The same subject,

346 To Mr. Johnson. On a line in one of his poems hav. ing been tampered with,

ib.

1790.

311 To S. Rose, Esq.

313 To Mr. Johnson. Remarks of Mr. Fuseli on his em,

Feb. 26 ib.

312 To Lady Hesketh. Verses to Mrs. Throckmorton, Feb. 9 ib. poFeb. 11 339 314 To Lady Hesketh. Anxiety for a female relation; 354 To J. Hill, Esq. Achilles in the attitude of a dancing. on receiving his mother's picture, master, 315 To Mrs, Bodham. On his mother's picture, Feb. 27 ib. 355 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On the critical talents of Dr. 316 To John Johnson, Esq. Praise of Mrs. Bodham;

Feb. 5 ib. 309 To S. Rose, Esq. On his health; remarks on a pas- 349 To Lady Hesketh. Fame not an empty breath, Feb. 13 353 sage in Homer, Jan. 3 ib. 350 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Blank verse the English he310 To Lady Hesketh. On his kinsman's poem; expecroic, Feb. 26 ib. tation of the critics on his Homer, Jan. 23 337 351 To J. Johnson, Esq. On the subscriptions from CamBentley's remarks on Homer, bridge, Oxford, and the Scotch Universities, Feb. 2 ib. Feb. 27 ib. 352 To J. Hill, Esq. Preface to the translation of Homer, March 6 354 353 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Invitation to Weston; Sir Thomas More,

321 ToJ. Johnson, Esq. Remarks on Longinus, March 23 342 360 To J. Johnson, Esq. Brilliant collection of names

322 To the same. On Lavater; particular studies recommended,

April 17 ib. 361 To S. Rose, Esq. General success of the subscription,

323 To Lady Hesketh. Completion of his translation,

324 To the same. On pictures of both his parents, 325 To Mrs. Throckmorton. Village incidents, 326 To Lady Hesketh,

April 19 343 362 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Mr. Bagot;
April 30 ib.

327 To the same. On a poetical application, 328 To J. Johnson, Esq. On particular studies, June 7 ib. 365 To J. Johnson, Esq. Translation of the Frogs and

329 To S. Rose, Esq. On early marriages; a riddle, June 8 345 330 To Lady Hesketh. Reflections on seeing an old wo

man; inscriptions for a grove of oaks, June 17 ib. 331 To the Rev. W. Bagot. African serpents and ants; on Bishop Bagot's removal,

Mice,

May 23 ib. 366 To Lady Hesketh. Delays of printers; confidence in government, May 27 ib. 367 To J. Johnson, Esq. On his procuring him the CamJune 22 346 bridge subscriptions to his Homer, June 1 359 June 29 ib. 368 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. On the time of the publion the cation of his Homer, June 13 ib. July 7 347 369 To S. Rose, Esq. Man an ungrateful animal, June 15 360 334 To J. Johnson, Esq. Danger of music engrossing 370 To Dr. James Cogswell. On the Task, and his other too much time, July 8 ib. poems, June 15 ib.

332 To Mrs. Bodham. On letter-writing,
333 To Lady Hesketh. Mrs. Unwin's illness;
French revolution,

April 29 ib.

Milton's Poems,

May 10 ib. 363 To the Rev. Mr. Buchanan,
May 28 344 364 To Lady Hesketh. Letter from Dr. Cogswell, from
June 3 ib.
New York,

May 2 ib. May 11 358

May 18 ib.

374 To S. Rose, Esq. Translation of Milton's Italian and
Latin Poems,
375 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Milton's Elegy on the death
of the Bishop of Winchester,
Sept. 21
376 To the same. Upon a poem of Lord Bagot's, Oct. 25
377 To J. Johnson, Esq. On his sister's recovery, Oct. 31 ib.
373 To J. Hill, Esq. On the antipathy to compound epi.
thets,

Nov. 14 ib. 379 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Translation of Homer and Milton,

380 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. On original composition and translation,

July 22 ib.

Sept. 14 ib.

ib.

413 To the Rev. Mr. Greatheed. Description of Eartham; the journey thither,

Aug. 6 ib.

363

Dec. 5 364 418 To Lady Hesketh. Improvement in his health; his portrait by Romney,

Aug. 26 ib.

381 To S. Rose, Esq. Mrs. Unwin's illness, 1792.

Dec. 10 ib. 419
Dec. 21 365

368

To William Cowper Esq. from Lord Thurlow. Blank verse fittest for a translation of Homer, 386 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Acknowledgment of his friendly remarks on Homer, Feb. 21 ib. to Romney, 387 To the same. Continuation of the same, March 2 ib. 428 To S. Rose, Esq. Compliment on his professional 388 To J. Johnson, Esq. Mildness of the Spring, March 11 369 industry; hopes of future success, 399 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. On his tragedy of Sir Tho 429 To J. Johnson, Esq. Difficulty in commencing his mas More, March 23 ib. Milton; lowness of spirits,

Oct. 2 ib. ib. 424 To the same. Full of affectionate regard; on Hayley's verses to Dr. Austin, Oct. 13 383 425 To J. Johnson, Esq. Regret for his absence; sonnet to Romney, Oct. 19 ib. 426 To the same Moral reflection on sitting for a pic

420 To the same. On the beautiful scenery of Eartham;
regrets on leaving it,
Sept. 9 ib.
421 To W. Hayley, Esq. Account of his journey, Sept. 18 382
422 To the same. Same subject,
Sept. 21 ib.
423 To the same. His spirits sink on the approach of
winter,

April 6 ib. 433 To the Rev. W. Hurdis. On the illness of Miss Hurdis,

394 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Comparison of his unanevered letters with the leaves in autumn, April 8 371 434 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the arrival of Mr. Hayley's 336 To Lady Throckmorton. On appropriating the productions of others to ourselves; on calumniation; Bonnet to Mr. Wilberforce, April 16 ib.

400 To the same. The same subject,

396 To the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. Abhorrence of the slave
trade,
April 16 372
337 To Lady Hesketh. With some lines to Warren Has-
tings,
May 5 ib
398 To J. Johnson, Esq. On the subject of his ordina-
tion,
May 20 373
339 To Lady Hesketh. Mrs. Unwin's second attack,
May 24 ib.
May 26 374 441 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Republicans of France,

Jan. 20 ib. 435 To the same. On the death of a friend, Jan. 29 387 436 To S. Rose, Esq. His translation of Homer, Feb. 5 ib. 437 To Lady Hesketh. Toryism of Lady Hesketh and Mrs. Rose, Feb. 10 ib. 438 To S. Rose, Esq. On the Analytical Review of his Homer, Feb. 17 ib. 439 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Professorship of poetry; discoveries in natural history, Feb. 23 388 440 To W. Hayley, Esq. His dream respecting Milton, Feb. 24 ib.

401 To Mrs. Bodham. On the subject of early ordination,

March 4 389
June 4 ib. 442 To Mr. Thomas Hayley. On Mr. Thomas Hayley's
strictures on his Homer,
March 14 ib.
June 4 ib. 443 To W. Hayley, Esq. Revisal of his Homer, March 19 390
June 5 ib. 444 To S. Rose, Esq. Revised translation of Homer,
March 27 ib.

402 To William Hayley, Esq. On Mrs. Unwin's amend-
ed health,
403 To the same.
404 To the same. His attachment to Mr. Hayley, and
his own melancholy,

Same subject,

June 7 375 445 To J. Johnson, Esq. Mr. Johnson's resolution to
take holy orders,
April 11 ib.

405 To the same. Resignation of Mrs. Unwin; a poem to Dr. Darwin,

June 10 ib. 446 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the notes to his Homer,

406 To Lady Hesketh. Mrs. Unwin's gradual recovery,

April 23 391

407 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the projected visit to Earth

am,

June 11 376 447 To the Rev. W. Baget. On the death of those we
love,
May 4 ib.
June 19 ib. 448 To S. Rose, Esq. On the notes of his Homer, May 5 ib.

Letter.

449 To Lady Hesketh. Toryism of Lady Hesketh,

Page. | Letter.

May 7 392

465 To Mrs. Courtenay. On Mr. Johnson's present of a

sun-dial,

ib. 466 To the Rev. J. Johnson. On Mr. Johnson's visit to

Weston,

450 To W. Hayley, Esq. Distribution of his time, May 21

451 To Lady Hesketh. With his verses to a young friend

on his arrival at Cambridge wet, when no rain had

fallen there,

June 1 393

452 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the proposal of a joint com-

position,

June 29 ib.

453 To the same. On his projected poem of the Four

Ages,

456 To Mrs. Charlotte Smith.

467 To W. Hayley, Esq. On the visits and civilities

which wasted his time,

468 To the same. On Mr. Hayley and his son's visit to

Weston,

469 To the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. On Mr. Hurdis's
to the Professorship of poetry at Oxford,
454 To the Rev. Mr. Greatheed. On Mr. Greatheed's in- 470 To Mrs. Courtenay. Mr. Hayley's visit,
vitation,
July 23 394 471 To J. Hill, Esq. Beauties of Weston,
455 To W. Hayley, Esq. Improvements in his garden, 472 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Reflections on the French
July 24 ib. Revolution,
Nov. 10 ib.
July 25 395 473 To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. On Hayley's Life of Mil-
ton, his own commentary,

Aug. 11 ib. 474 To S. Rose, Esq. Subjects for painting recommend-

ed; idea of a joint work with Hayley, Nov. 29 402

Aug. 15 ib 475 To the same. Thanking him for books; Jonathan

Wild; Man as he is,

Dec. 8 ib.

Aug. 20 396 476 To W. Hayley, Esq. Uneasy at not hearing from
Aug. 22 ib. him; plan of continuing the Four Ages, Dec. 8 ib.
477 To the same. Criticism on the address of Hector to
his son,

457 To Lady Hesketh. On his lines and acknowledg
ments to Miss Fanshaw,

458 To W. Hayley, Esq. On his new buildings and im-
provements,

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

Nov. 24 ib.

Dec. 17 403

460 To S. Rose, Esq. Notes to his Homer,

461 To W. Hayley, Esq. On Flaxman's monument to

Lord Mansfield,

Aug. 27 397

462 To Lady Hesketh. On Lady Hesketh's visit to Wes-

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