Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence. Edited by the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe

Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence. Edited by the Rev. T. S. Grimshawe. With Illustrations. Fifth Edition.

Author: Cowper, William and Rev. T.S. Grimshawe (Ed.)

8vo.(5.75" x 9") 1860. Cowper, William and Rev. T.S. Grimshawe (Ed.). London: William Tegg. Full red pebbled leather with overall gilt decoration consisting of triple gilt rule as triple frames with fancy corner floral and edge devices. Spine with five raised bands, gilt author/title to double gilt rule framed second compartment, gilt "Illustrated" at foot, other compartments with heavy gilt floral decorative frames with centered gilt devices. All edges gilt, yellow endpapers. Prior owners name in old ink to first free endpaper and top of title page. Engraved frontispiece and half-title, with five additional engraved plates. Blue satin ribbon bookmark sewn in. Covers slightly soiled (see pic), otherwise a FINE book.

From Wiki: William Cowper (/ˈkuːpər/ KOO-pər; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. 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". His religious sentiment and association with John Newton (who wrote the hymn "Amazing Grace") led to much of the poetry for which he is best remembered, and to the series of Olney Hymns. His poem "Light Shining out of Darkness" gave English the phrase: "God moves in a mysterious way/ His wonders to perform." He also wrote a number of anti-slavery poems, and his friendship with Newton, who was an avid anti-slavery campaigner, resulted in Cowper's being asked to write in support of the Abolitionist campaign. Cowper wrote a poem called "The Negro's Complaint" (1788) which rapidly became very famous, and was often quoted by Martin Luther King Jr. during the 20th-century civil rights movement. He also wrote several other less well-known poems on slavery in the 1780s, many of which attacked the idea that slavery was economically viable.

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