William Cowper
English poet and hymnodist (1731–1800)
William Cowper (pronounced Cooper) (1731 – 1800) 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.
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Portrait of William Cowper by Lemuel Francis Abbott -
William Cowper, frontispiece in Humphrey Sumner Milford, ed., The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper -
Crazy Kate, illustration for Cowper's The Task by Henry Fuseli (1806-1807).
