William Cowper Quotes
Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry-- Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
Citations
Cowper, William. "Pairing Time Anticipated. A Fable." The Works of William Cowper, edited by Robert Southey, vol. 8, Baldwin and Cradock, 1836, p. 320.
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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.