“Damned below Judas; more abhorred than he was.”
— "Hatred and vengeance, my eternal portion", st. 2 (wr. c. 1774; pub. 1816)
“I believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.”
— Letter to the Rev. John Newton (17 June 1783)
“The son of parents pass'd into the skies.”
— "On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture out of Norfolk" (1798)
“I play with syllables and sport in song.”
— Line 505
“Built God a church, and laugh'd his word to scorn.”
— Line 688
“But strive still to be a man before your mother.”
— Connoisseur. Motto of No. iii

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William Cowper ( ; 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". After being institutionalised for insanity, Cowper found refuge in a fervent evangelical Christianity. He continued to suffer doubt about his salvation and, after a dream in 1773, believed that he was doomed to eternal damnation. He recovered, and went on to write more religious hymns. 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."

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William Cowper ( ; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.

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