ENGLISH CLASSICS

COW PER

H. T. GRIFFITH

COW PER

THE TASK

WITH TIROCINIUM, AND SELECTIONS FROM THE

MINOR POEMS, A.D. 1784-1799

THE TASK (July 1783 to August 1784)

I. THE SOFA · · · · ·

II. THE TIME-PIECE . . . .

III. THE GARDEN

IV. THE WINTER EVENING . .

V. THE WINTER MORNING WALK,

VI. THE WINTER WALK AT Noon .

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MINOR POEMS (1784-1799)

EPISTLE TO J. Hill, Esq. (November 1784)

ODE TO APOLLO . . . . . .

THE FAITHFUL BIRD . . . . .

PAIRING TIME ANTICIPATED . . .

THE NEEDLESS ALARM

THE YEARLY DISTRESS (ante 1786) . .

GRATITUDE (1786) . . . . .

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