William Cowper (1731-1800)

The Rating of William Cowper's Poems

1. Report of an Adjudged Case
2. The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk
3. On the Loss of the “Royal George”
4. The Nightingale and Glow-worm
5. The Snail
6. The Rose
7. To Mary
8. Boadicea
9. Friendship
10. Charity
11. Retirement
12. The Poplar Field
13. A Child of God Longing to See Him Beloved
14. A Comparison
15. A Riddle
16. Olney Hymn 54. Love Constrained to Obedience
17. Olney Hymn 6. Wisdom
18. The Nativity
19. Olney Hymn 68. Light Shining out of Darkness
20. Conversation
21. Olney Hymn 19. Contentment
22. Yardley Oak
23. On Receipt of My Mother's Picture
24. The Ice Palace
25. The Negro's Complaint
26. A Fable
27. The Swallow
28. On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library
29. The Castaway
30. Olney Hymn 65. Grace and Providence
31. Olney Hymn 21. Sardis
32. On the High Price of Fish
33. Olney Hymn 63. Not Works
34. Olney Hymn 35. Welcome Cross
35. Olney Hymn 16. The Sower
36. The Lily and the Rose
37. Written in a Quarrel
38. Divine Justice Amiable
39. Olney Hymn 1. Walking with God
40. Aspirations of the Soul after God
41. An Enigma
42. On the Neglect of Homer
43. Familiarity Dangerous
44. To Sir Joshua Reynolds
45. The Perfect Sacrifice
46. Sonnet to a Young Lady on Her Birth-Day
47. The Parrot
48. Denner's Old Woman
49. Olney Hymn 52. For the Poor
50. Olney Hymn 60. Abuse of the Gospel
51. Olney Hymn 26. On Opening a Place for Social Prayer
52. Of Himself
53. Olney Hymn 31. On the Death of a Minister
54. Epitaphium Alterum
55. The Cricket
56. Olney Hymn 62. Dependence
57. God Neither Known Nor Loved by the World
58. Olney Hymn 56. Hatred of Sin
59. The Secrets of Divine Love Are to Be Kept
60. Mary and John
61. Olney Hymn 61. The Narrow Way
62. By Callimachus
63. Simple Trust
64. Olney Hymn 51. Lively Hope and Gracious Fear
65. God Hides His People
66. Inscription for a Stone
67. Olney Hymn 53. My Soul Thirsteth for God
68. Epitaph on a Hare
69. An Attempt at the Manner of Waller
70. The Doves
71. Lines Written during a Period of Insanity
72. A Poetical Epistle to Lady Austen
73. On Flaxman's Penelope
74. Olney Hymn 34. Seeking the Beloved
75. Olney Hymn 36. Afflictions Sanctified by the Word
76. Olney Hymn 50. The Christian
77. The Dog and the Water Lily
78. The Maze
79. Joy in Martyrdom
80. By Heraclides
81. A Figurative Description of the Procedure of Divine Love
82. To the Rev. Mr. Newton
83. Olney Hymn 23. Pleading for and with Youth
84. No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer
85. Olney Hymn 27. Welcome to the Table
86. Olney Hymn 64. Praise for Faith
87. Catharina
88. Human Frailty
89. Olney Hymn 12. Ephraim Repenting
90. The Glowworm
91. Olney Hymn 40. Peace after a Storm
92. By Philemon
93. Repose in God
94. Olney Hymn 57. The New Convert
95. Olney Hymn 41. Mourning and Longing
96. On Miltiades
97. The Cantab
98. The Diverting History of John Gilpin
99. Heroism
100. By Moschus
101. Olney Hymn 66. I Will Praise the Lord at All Times
102. To Mrs. Newton
103. On a Fowler, by Isidorus
104. Olney Hymn 59. A Living and a Dead Faith
105. Olney Hymn 5. Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord Send Peace
106. Olney Hymn 30. The Light and Glory of the Word
107. Olney Hymn 9. The Contrite Heart
108. Olney Hymn 29. Exhortation to Prayer
109. Apology to Delia
110. To the Reverend William Bull
111. Olney Hymn 48. Joy and Peace in Believing
112. Olney Hymn 25. Jehovah Jesus
113. Olney Hymn 58. True and False Comforts
114. The Task. Book I. The Sofa
115. Olney Hymn 7. Vanity of the World
116. The Task. Book II. The Time-Piece
117. Hope
118. Olney Hymn 11. Jehovah Our Righteousness
119. Olney Hymn 46. Retirement
120. An Epitaph
121. Olney Hymn 15. Praise for the Fountain Opened
122. Olney Hymn 18. Lovest Thou Me?
123. Olney Hymn 20. Old Testament Gospel
124. Olney Hymn 8. O Lord, I Will Praise Thee
125. Olney Hymn 14. Jehovah-Shammah
126. Olney Hymn 49. True Pleasures
127. Olney Hymn 45. The Hapy Change
128. Olney Hymn 39. The Valley of the Shadow of Death
129. A Comparison. Addressed to a Young Lady
130. Olney Hymn 38. Looking Upwards in a Storm
131. Olney Hymn 13. The Covenant
132. The Faithful Bird
133. To a Young Friend, on His Arriving at Cambridge Wet, When No Rain Had Fallen There
134. The Soul That Loves God Finds Him Everywhere
135. To Demosthenes
136. The Symptoms of Love
137. Olney Hymn 10. The Future Peace and Glory of the Church
138. Olney Hymn 33. The Waiting Soul
139. Olney Hymn 43. Prayer for Patience
140. Olney Hymn 22. Prayer for Children
141. Olney Hymn 42. Self-Acquaintance
142. Love Pure and Fervent
143. Olney Hymn 3. Jehovah-Rophi. I Am the Lord That Healeth Thee
144. An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.
145. Olney Hymn 28. Jesus Hasting to Suffer
146. Olney Hymn 2. Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord Will Provide
147. Olney Hymn 67. Longing to Be with Christ
148. Olney Hymn 17. The House of Prayer
149. The Jackdaw
150. Olney Hymn 37. Temptation
151. Olney Hymn 47. The Hidden Life
152. An Ode, on Reading Mr. Richardson's History of Sir Charles Grandison
153. Pairing Time Anticipated
154. Olney Hymn 24. Prayer for Children
155. Olney Hymn 44. On Opening a Place for Social Prayer
156. See Where the Thames, the Purest Stream
157. An Apology for Not Showing Her What I Had Wrote
158. Olney Hymn 55. The Heart Healed and Changed by Mercy
159. Olney Hymn 32. The Shining Light
160. Olney Hymn 4. Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord My Banner

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