129 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his recovery from a fever; story
clerk in a public office

Letter

113 To the Rev. J. Newton. Nations act under the direction of Pro-

vidence

114 To J. Hill, Esq.

115 To the same.

116 To the same.

Favourable reception given to his Poems

Dr. Franklin's Letter transcribed

Nations like Ants; Etching of the late Chancellor
Newton. Reflections on the Illness of a Friend

117 To the Rev. J.

118 To the same. On Simplicity of Preaching

119 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On a Sermon of Paley's

Death of Mrs. C.

Character of the Rev. Mr. Bull

120 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Loss of Friends a Tax on long life

121 To the Rev. J. Newton.

122 To the Rev. W. Unwin.

123 To the Rev. J. Newton. On his Ecclesiastical History;

markable Mists

124 To the same.

On religious zeal

125 To the same. Translation of Mr. Newton's Letter into Dutch

126 To the Rev. J. Newton. His love of home; style of Robertson and

Gibbon

127 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On Ballads; anecdote of his goldfinch

128 To the same.

Madame Guion's Poems

Feb. 13 162

Feb. 20 ib.

163

Sept. 8

175

Origin of the Task'

Its progress related in Passages from letters to Mr. Bull'

130 To the same. Description of a visit to Mr.-

131 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Philosophers happy; air balloons
132 To the Rev. J. Newton. Tendency of the gospel to promote the
happiness of mankind

133 To the same. On the American Loyalists

134 To J. Hill, Esq. Comforts of a winter evening

Sept. 23

176

Sept. 29

177

A sudden end of the Poet's Intercourse with Lady Austen

135 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Reflections on the unkind behaviour of

Acquaintance

136 To the same. Same subject; L'Estrange's Josephus
Remarks on a Poem of Cowper entitled Valediction'
Account of Mr. and Mrs. Throckmorton

137 To the same.

138 To the same.

1784.

East India Company's Charter

Departure of the old year

State of departed spirits

139 To the Rev. J. Newton.

140 To the Rev. W. Unwin.

141 To the Rev. J. Newton.

Jortin translated

142 To the Rev. J. Newton.

Newton's

On East India Affairs; Lines of Dr.

Title and Motto for a work of Mr.

143 To the same. Our forefathers not nervous; Adam as he appeared

in a dream

144 To the same. Secret charity at Olney; Parliamentary debates

145 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Difficulty in writing to strangers

146 To the Rev. J. Newton. On the Theological Miscellany; Car-

raccioli

147 To the same. Style and spirit of Mr.

apology; East

Danger of trifling with our Maker; Earthquake in

151 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Beattie and Blair; origin of language.

152 To the same. Observations on Blair's Lectures

153 To the Rev. J. Newton. Difference of style between Beattie and

Blair

154 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On Face-painting

155 To the same. Declines writing a sequel to John Gilpin'

Letter

156 To the Rev. J. Newton. Dr. Johnson's favourable opinion of his

Page

May 22 216

On the inhabitants of the Islands in the

Captain Cook's last voyage
Publication of the Task'

166 To J. Hill, Esq. Dr. Cotton truly a philosopher

167 To the Rev. J. Newton.
168 To the Rev. W. Unwin.
169 To the Rev. J. Newton.

Captain Cook

170 To the Rev. W. Unwin.
his writings
171 To the same. On his
172 To the Rev. J. Newton.
173 To the Rev. W. Unwin.

Effect of sounds

Punctuation of blank verse

On unconnected thoughts; death of

The tendency of the 'Task' and of all

6
poem Tirocinium

Sept. 18

Oct. 2

229

Oct. 9 230

Oct. 10 232

Oct. 30

235

Nov. 1

Nov.

236

238

November 27

ib.

Nov. 29 240

December 13 241

December 18 243

Dec. 24 244

245

On the titles to the different books of

178 To the W. Unwin. Inscription of Tirocinium;' Compliment to

Bishop Bagot

179 To the Rev. J. Newton.

180 To the Rev. W. Unwin.

On his poem being called the Task'

Subject of his poem 'Tirocinium'

1785.

181 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Death of Dr. Johnson, and an Epitaph

Description of his Boudoir at Olney

186 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Account of a violent thunder storm

187 To the same. Dr. Johnson's Journal

Cowper's correspondence with Lady Hesketh renewed by the pub-

lication of his second volume

188 To Lady Hesketh. On her return to England

189 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Translation of Homer

190 To Lady Hesketh. Obligations to a friend not irksome; some

account of his affairs

191 To the same.

192 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Bishop Bagot's Charge

Disinterestedness of his affection

Publishing his Homer by Subscription

193 To the Rev. W. Unwin.

194 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Same Subject

195 To the Rev. W. Unwin. Same subject; anecdotes of the poor

at Olney

1786.

196 To Lady Hesketh. Correcting his poems

January 15

ib.

February 7 247

March 20 249

April 30

June 25 252

250

July 27

ib.

Aug. 27 254

Nov. 9 262

Letter

197 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his visiting Lady Hesketh; on

Homer

198 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Translation of Homer

199 To the same. Dr. Maty's Opinion of the Task'

200 To Lady Hesketh. On receiving a Snuff-box, with portraits of

his three hares

201 To the same. On her promised visit to Olney

202 To the same. Vexations attendant on a variety of criticisms

the Chancellor's promise

203 To the same. On their expected meeting at Olney; Homer

204 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Death of Mrs. Bagot

205 To Lady Hesketh. Elisions, in some instances allowable

206 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On the translation of Homer

207 To J. Hill, Esq. Same subject.

Page

Jan. 14 266

Jan. 15 267

Jan. 23 268

Jan. 31

269

;

208 To Lady Hesketh. On her postponing her visit; description of

the vicarage

209 To the same. Her letters his comfort

210 To the same. Dr. Maty's critique on his Homer; description of

his own feelings

211 To the same.

friend

212 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Submission to the will of God; Horace's

213 To Lady Hesketh. Gives up meeting her at Newport; lines in

advice to authors

214 To the same. Beauties of the Spring; his spirits less depressed
215 To the same. His feelings on her expected arrival; Mr. and
Mrs. Throckmorton

217 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Lady Hesketh's Visit, and the Village of

Weston

218 To the Rev. W. Unwin. The arrival of Lady Hesketh; residence

in Olney; Latin books for young readers

219 To the Rev. Walter Bagot. Revisal of his Homer

220 To the Rev. W. Unwin. On his Homer

221 To the same. On his compositions

First Poetry, a translated Elegy of Tibullus

228 To the Rev. Walter Bagot. Milton's blank verse, and Revisal

229 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Mischance that happened to Part of his

308

ib.

309

310

311

312

313

234 To Lady Hesketh.

On the same subject

Dec. 9 320

235 To Joseph Hill, Esq.

On the same subject

Letter

Page

236 To Lady Hesketh. On praise to a poet

1787.

237 To the Rev. Walter Bagot. Homer's descriptions of slaughter;

Praise of the author, and Mr. Unwin

238 To Lady Hesketh. On Homer, and his song of the 'Rose'

239 To the same. Obliged by indisposition to suspend his Homer;

on Dreams, and a visit from Mr. Rose

240 To S. Rose, Esq. His indisposition; Burn's poems

241 To the same. On his reviving health; Barclay's Argenis, and

Burns

Cat,' a poem

Dec. 21 321

Sept. 15

ib.

Sept. 29

329

On leaving the country after the death of his

On a kitten and a leech. The 'Retired

248 To Joseph Hill, Esq. On his own studies
249 To Lady Hesketh. Beauties of Weston; the Clerk of North-
ampton; on a Paper in the Mirror; anecdote of a beggar

250 To the same. On his neighbours

251 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On Homer and Bishop Bagot

252 To Lady Hesketh. On a Ball, and his Translation

253 To S. Rose, Esq. On his Homer; talents given by nature

1788.

254 To Lady Hesketh. On verses by Mr. Merry; inoculation

255 To the Rev. W. Bagot. On Bishop Bagot and his Homer

256 To Lady Hesketh. Reasons for writing few occasional poems;

on a print of Bunbury's

257 To the same. On his own anxiety

258 To the same. On trouble as the portion of mortality; on reading

a book of his Iliad to Mr. Greatheed

259 To Samuel Rose, Esq. Improvement of time; on the reflection

of Glaucus

260 To Lady Hesketh. On his own melancholy; Hannah More,

and Hasting's trial

263 To the same. On a book entitled "The Manners of the Great'

264 To General Cowper. On his poem upon the slave trade. The

Morning Dream,' a ballad

265 To the Rev. W. Bagot.

On "The Manners of the Great," and

267 To Lady Hesketh. On his poem upon the slave trade

268 To the same. Smollett's Don Quixote; on his friend Mr. Rowley

269 To Joseph Hill, Esq. Books that he had lost

271 To Joseph Hill, Esq. On two prints, Crazy Kate, and the Lace-

maker; Bust of Paris

272 To Lady Hesketh. Same subject; Mrs. Montague

273 To the same. Sufferings from the east wind; extraordinary adver-

tisement of a Dancing, master

279 To Lady Hesketh. On his own expectations; anecdote of his dog

Beau

June 27 363

Letter

280 To the same.

authors

281 To the same.

sculptor

On the Lime Walk at Weston; account of living

282 To S. Rose, Esq. Solicitude for a friend

Page

July 28 364

283 To the same. On the oak called Judith; on improper fears

Verses on a Spaniel

284 To the same. A riddle on finishing the Iliad; death of a bullfinch

Vincent Bourne; invitation to his friend

285 To the same.

286 To Robert Smith, Esq.

1789.

287 To S. Rose, Esq. On memory; Sir J. Hawkins

291 To the same. Cuckoo clocks; Boswell's Tour

292 To the Rev. W. Bagot. Compliments on the marriage of his friend

293 To S. Rose, Esq. On Hawkins and Boswell

294 To Mrs. Throckmorton. Poetical talents of a friend; incidents at

the Hall

296 To the same.

295 To S. Rose, Esq. Improvement of time in early life

Mrs. Piozzi's Travels

July 23

ib.

Aug. 8

378

297 To the same.

298 To the same.

Variations in our summers; remark on Mr. L.
On receiving several presents; a sportive imitation

of the Odyssey

Sept. 24

379

302 To S. Rose, Esq. On his health; remarks on a passage in Homer Jan. 3 382

303 To Lady Hesketh. On his kinsman's poem; expectation of the

310 To S. Rose. Esq. Solicitude for his friend's health

311 To Mrs. Throckmorton. A lady's remarks on his Homer

312 To Lady Hesketh. On the style he introduced in his translation

of Homer

313 To J. Johnson, Esq. Remarks on Longinus

314 To the same. On Lavater; particular studies recommended

315 To Lady Hesketh. Completion of his translation

316 To the same. On pictures of both his parents

317 To Mrs. Throckmorton. Village incidents

391

318 To Lady Hesketh

320 ToJ. Johnson, Esq. On particular studies

321 To S. Rose, Esq. On early marriages; a riddle

322 To Lady Hesketh. Reflections on seeing an old woman

; two in-

scriptions for a grove of oaks

June 17 399

tion

323 To the Rev. W. Bagot. African serpents and ants; on Bishop Ba-

got's removal

324 To Mrs. Bodham. On letter-writing

325 To Lady Hesketh.

326 To J. Johnson, Esq.
327 To the same.