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POEMS, by WILLIAM COWPER, of the Inner Temple, Esq. To which is prefixed, a Memoir of the Author; also Critical Remarks on his Poems, written expressly for this Edition. By JOHN M'DIARMID. THIRD EDITION. 5s. boards. "The kindred warmth with which the biographer enters into all the feelings of his author; the animation of his style, kindling not unfrequently into poetical fervour; and the good sense and acuteness that charac terize his observations, cannot fail to render his narrative highly acceptable to the admirers of this amiable and eminent poet.But it is in his Critical Remarks that the abilities and taste of the editor are chiefly displayed. On this part of his task he enters with all the ardour of a kindred spirit; and, while he estimates the characteristic qualities of Cowper's various works with great acuteness and accuracy of discrimination, he appreciates the efforts, the feelings, the inspirations of the poet, with a truth and fulness of svinpathy which a poct only could feel.”—Edinburgh Magazine. |