E M

William Conper, Esq.

Painted by H. Corbould.

Engraved by A.Mison Edin

To draw th' incautious minnow from the brook.

or with ill fashion'd hook.

Retirement.

BY

WILLIAM COWPER;

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED A

MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR

BY JOHN M'DIARMID.

FIFTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

-The mind that feels indeed the fire
The muse imparts, and can command the lyre,
Acts with a force, and kindles with a zeal,
Whate'er the theme, that others never feel.

TABLE TALK.

EDINBURGH:

OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT; AND
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON.

1837.