Book excerpt: One of the most important poets of the eighteenth century, William Cowper’s nature poetry explored everyday life and scenes of the English countryside, establishing him as a forerunner of Romantic poetry. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of William Cowper, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Cowper's life and works * The complete poetry, including rare posthumous works appearing in no other digital publications * Concise introductions to the poetry * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Cowper's translations of Homer’s epic poems * Features two bonus biographies - discover Cowper's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections TABLE TALK AND OTHER POEMS THE TASK AND OTHER POEMS MISCELLANEOUS POEMS OLNEY HYMNS TRANSLATIONS FROM MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION TRANSLATIONS FROM THE LATIN CLASSICS TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT BOURNE EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN OF OWEN TRANSLATIONS OF GREEK AND LATIN VERSES TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FABLES OF GAY TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF MILTON EPIGRAMS ITALIAN POEMS FRAGMENTS AND POSTHUMOUSLY PUBLISHED VERSES The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Epic Poems THE ILIAD THE ODYSSEY The Biographies BRIEF LIFE OF WILLIAM COWPER by Francis Storr COWPER by Goldwin Smith