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13 de mar. de 2017 · Poems by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple by Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Publication date 1834 Publisher Edinburgh : T. Nelson Collection
William Cowper ( Berkhamsted, 26 november 1731 – East Dereham, 25 april 1800 ), uitgesproken als /ˈkuːpə/ (‘Cooper’), was een Engels dichter. Hij was een zoon van dominee John Cowper en diens eerste vrouw, die in 1736 overleed. Langs moederskant was hij een afstammeling van John Donne .
William Cowper-Temple, later Lord Mount Temple, was private secretary to one Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and minister in the government of Lord Palmerston. He sought to improve the nation's health and rebuild London, and famously amended the Education Act in 1870.
8 de jul. de 2021 · William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. Birthdate: December 13, 1811. Death: October 16, 1888 (76) Immediate Family: Son of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper and Emily Lamb (Clavering-Cowper), Countess Cowper. Husband of Harriet Alicia Gurney and Georgiana Tollemache.
21 de abr. de 2024 · Notable Works: “Olney Hymns”. “The Letters and Prose Writings”. “The Task”. William Cowper (born November 26, 1731, Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England—died April 25, 1800, East Dereham, Norfolk) was one of the most widely read English poets of his day, whose most characteristic work, as in The Task or the melodious short ...
Cowper, William, 1731-1800. Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: printed for J. Johnson, 1782. [4],367,[1]p. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T14895; OTA K027775.000)
The love of change that lives in ev'ry breast, Genius, and temper, and desire of rest, Discordant motives in one center meet, And each inclines it's vot'ry to retreat. Some minds by nature are averse to noise. And hate the tumult half the world enjoys, The lure of av'rice, or the pompous prize.
