BY WILLIAM COWPER, OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ. IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL. I. Sicut aquæ tremulum labris ubi lumen ahenis VIRG. Æn. viii. So water, trembling in a polish'd vase, A NEW EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON AND CO. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. 1811. PH3380. PREFACE TO THE FIRST VOLUME. WHEN an Author, by appearing in print, requests an audience of the Public, and is upon the point of speaking for himself, whoever presumes to step before him with a preface, and to say, "Nay, but hear me first," should have something worthy of attention to offer, or he will justly be deemed officious The University of lowa |