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His death 447 His burial, and inscription by Hayley 447 Remarks on the mental delusion under which he laboured to the last 447 Memoir of the early Life of Cowper, written by himself 449 Remarks on the preceding Memoir 460 Death of Cowper's friend, Sir William Russel 461 Cowper's attachment to his Cousin, Miss Theodora Jane Cowper 461 Nervous attacks, and their presumed causes 462 Distinguishing features in his malady 462 His depression did not prevent the free exercise of his mental powers 462 It was not perceptible to others 463 It was not inconsistent with a rich vein of humour 463 His own picture of his mental sufferings 463 His religious views not the occasion of his wretchedness, but a support under it 464 Sketch of the character, and account of the last illness of the late Rev. John Cowper, by his brother 465 Narrative of Mr. Van Lier 474 Notices of Cowper's friends 474 The Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin 474 Joseph Hill, Esq. 475 Samuel Rose, Esq. 475 Lady Austen 476 Rev. Walter Bagot 476 Sir George Throckmorton 477 Rev. Dr. Johnson 477 Rev. W. Bull 477 Particulars concerning the person and character of Cowper 477 Cowper's personal character illustrated by extracts from his Works 478 Poetical portraits drawn by him 479 His poem on the Yardley Oak 481 Description of the Tree 481 Original poem on the subject, by the late Samuel Whitbread, Esq. 481 Cowper's moderation amidst literary fame 482 Anecdote of Dr. Parr 482 Cowper's sensibility to unjust censure 482 Letter to John Thornton, Esq. on a severe criticism of his first volume of poems in the "Analytical Review" 482 His excellence as an epistolary writer 482 Character of his Latin poems 483 The Wish, an English version by Mr. Ostler 483 Sublime piety and morality of Cowper's works 483 Beneficial influence of his writings on the Church of England 485 Concluding remarks 486 Essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper, by the Rev. J. W. Cunningham, A.M. 489

      THE POEMS.

Preface to the Poems 499
Table Talk 501
The Progress of Error 507
Truth 512
Expostulation 516
Hope 522
Charity 528
Conversation 533

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