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  • William Cowper, detail of an oil painting by Lemuel Abbott, 1792; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
    William Cowper

    …most characteristic work, as in The Task or the melodious short lyric “The Poplar Trees,” brought a new directness to 18th-century nature poetry.

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    …most characteristic work, as in The Task or the melodious short lyric “The Poplar Trees,” brought a new directness to 18th-century nature poetry.

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  • Beowulf
    English literature
    / Poets and poetry after Pope

    His most extended achievement is The Task (1785), an extraordinary fusion of disparate interests, working calmly toward religious praise and pious acceptance.

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    His most extended achievement is The Task (1785), an extraordinary fusion of disparate interests, working calmly toward religious praise and pious acceptance.

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