William Cowper Quotes


Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.


Citations

Cowper, William. The Works of William Cowper. Edited by Robert Southey, vol. 10, Baldwin and Cradock, 1837, p. 167.

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William Cowper
William Cowper
  • Born: November 26, 1731
  • Died: April 25, 1800
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet

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.