THE ATHENÆUM PRESS SERIES

G. L. KITTREDGE AND C. T. WINCHESTER

GENERAL EDITORS

The

Athenæum Press Series.

This series is intended to furnish a

library of the best English literature

from Chaucer to the present time in a

form adapted to the needs of both the

student and the general reader. The

works selected are carefully edited, with biographical and critical introductions,

full explanatory notes, and other necessary apparatus.

Athenæum Press Series

SELECTIONS

FROM THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COWPER

WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

JAMES O. MURRAY, D.D., LL.D.

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

BOSTON, U.S.A.

GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS

The Athenæum Press

1898