CONTENTS. PAGE Letter to the Rev. J. Jekyll Rye. April 16, 1792. To the Printers of the Northampton Mercury; on the Remarks on the relative merits of rhyme and blank rhyme in certain kinds of poems; on metrical trans- Lord Thurlow to William Cowper, Esq. On his trans- To the Lord Thurlow. On the same subject Passages from Cowper's translation Facts respecting it 16 To Mr. Johnson, the bookseller. Feb. 11, 1790. Cowper ib. To the same. Sept. 7, 1790. On the same subject Indignant remonstrance of Cowper's, addressed to John- son on the alteration of a line in one of his poems 26 To Thomas Park, Esq. April 27, 1792. Remarks on To Lady Hesketh. May 20, 1792. On the marriage of Mr. Courtenay; Dr. Madan's promotion to a Bishopric; complimentary Sonnet produced by To John Johnson, Esq. May 20, 1792. On the post- ponement of his Ordination, &c. Hayley's visit to Cowper, and his account of it To the same. May 26, 1792. State of Mrs. Unwin To Mrs. Bodham. June 4, 1792. On the postponement of Mr. Johnson's Ordination Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin Origin of Darwin's Poem of the "Botanic Garden" 48 To Lady Hesketh. June 11, 1792. On his growing correspondence; improvement in Mrs. Unwin's To William Hayley, Esq. June 19, 1792. State of Mrs. Remarks on a supposed change in the climate, with pas- To William Hayley, Esq. June 27, 1792. Intended To the same. July 4, 1792. Suspension of his literary To the same. July 15, 1792. On the proposed journey To Thomas Park, Esq. July 20, 1792. On the obstacles to his literary engagements; reference to Cowper's drawings, and to the Olney Hymns To the Rev. William Bull. July 25, 1792. On his sit- To William Hayley, Esq. July 29, 1792. His terror at the proposed journey; resemblance of Abbot's To the Rev. John Newton. July 30, 1792. State of ib. To the same. Aug. 18, 1792. Cowper wishes him to To Mrs. Courtenay. Aug. 25, 1792. Epitaph on Fop; arrangements for the return to Weston; state of him- To the Rev. Mr. Hurdis. Aug. 26, 1792. On the death To Lady Hesketh. Aug. 26, 1792. Company at Ear- himself and Hayley in her misfortunes: remark on an expression in her letter; state of Mrs. Unwin To Lady Hesketh. Sept. 9, 1792. Reasons for pre- ferring Weston to Eartham; state of Mrs. Unwin ; Cowper's occupations at Eartham Account of Andreini's Adamo, which suggested to Milton the design of his Paradise Lost To Mrs. Courtenay. Sept. 10, 1792. Reference to the To William Hayley, Esq. Sept. 18, 1792. Cowper's the arrival of Hayley's portrait; his intention of pay- To the Rev. John Newton, Oct. 18, 1792. His em- ployments at Eartham; and indisposition at Weston, To John Johnson, Esq. Oct. 19, 1792. On his expected To John Johnson, Esq. Oct. 22, 1792. Reflections on Cowper com- PAGE 98 To John Johnson, Esq. Nov. 5, 1792. Cowper's opinion, To William Hayley, Esq. Nov. 25, 1792. Acknowledg- To Joseph Hill, Esq. Dec. 16, 1792. Political reflec- ib. 100 101 103 104 106 107 . 108 First agitation of the question of Parliamentary Reform. 110 writing while at Mr. Hayley's, and since his return to his poems Anecdote of Mrs. Boscawen To William Hayley, Esq. Dec. 26, 1792. The year '92 a most melancholy one to him To Thomas Park, Esq. Jan. 3, 1793. Introduction of |