William Cowper Quotes
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
Citations
Cowper, William. "The Task." The Task, a Poem, in Six Books, J. Johnson, 1785, p. 23.
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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.