Excerpt from The Life of William Cowper, Esquire: With Critical Observations on His PoemsAmong those favourites of nature, whose superior endowments have contributed to the knowledge and happiness of mankind, the true poet has ever been regarded with the highest {degree of veneration. To give authen tic memorials of the great dead is the honour able employment of the biographer, and his records, when authentic, form one of the most amusing and delightful species of lite rary composition. Indeed, when we con template the monuments of departed genius and virtue, we are ready to exclaim, im mortals have been here While the historic mu'se, by transmitting to future ages the biography Of the legislator, the sage, the poet, and the patriot, excites congenial spirits to successful emulation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.