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Philadelphia,, Published by B. & T. Kite. T. & G. Palmer, printers.: 1809 1809
"William Cowper, 1731-1800, English poet. ""Physically and emotionally unfit for the professional life, he was admitted to the bar but never practiced. After a battle with insanity, Cowper retired to the country, taking refuge with the family of Mrs. Mary Unwin, whose life-long devotion to him he celebrates in ""To Mary."" Most of his country life was spent at Olney, where he met John Newton, the ardent evangelical preacher. He contributed to Newton's Olney Hymns (1779)... including the two commencing ""Oh for a closer walk with God"" and ""G...
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