The Poems of William Cowper: Volume II: 1782-1785

These volumes complete the Oxford English Texts edition of Cowper's poems, and include most of his finest works, from much-anthologized short poems such as `The Poplar-Field' and `The Retired Cat' to longer works such as `The Cast-Away'. Volume II also contains his masterpiece, The Task: a reflection on his own life and the England of his day, and one of the most approachable of the great English poems.