William Cowper

Poet and letter-writer; his nature poems were particularly popular with miscellany compilers.

Full Name	William Cowper
Variant Names
Gender	Male
Birth Date	1731
Death Date	1800
Coteries	Madan-Maitland family
Biographical Links	ODNB

Beinecke Osborn c139–142

Title	I, II: "A Collection of Poems. Thomas Binns [...]
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Role: Major author

Folger MS M.a.170

Title	Untitled
Period	1791-1820
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Role: Major author

Folger MS M.a.53–58

Title	Untitled
Period	1761-1790 , 1791-1820
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Role: Major author

Folger MS M.b.21

Title	Miscellany of prose and poetry of Mary Gay, [...]
Period	1791-1820
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Role: Major author

Folger MS M.b.23

Title	Untitled
Period	1791-1820
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library

Role: Major author

Role	First Line
Author	The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower The poplars are fell'd, and adieu to the shade I am monarch of all I survey Forc'd from home, and all its pleasures,