THE ALDINE EDITION

OF THE BRITISH

POETS

THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER

VOLUME I

NEW

GEORGE BELL & SONS

LONDON: YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN YORK: 66, FIFTH AVENUE, AND BOMBAY: 53, ESPLANADE ROAD

CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.

WILLIAM COWPER

WITH NOTES AND A MEMOIR BY

JOHN BRUCE

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I

LONDON

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