The main work in this book is supposedly about the sofa. Maybe the first and last page are about the sofa, but he goes faaaaarrrr afield of his primary subject. Politics, nature, religion, nature, politics, religion, around and around and around, revisiting these topics.

I started another of his boo

An interesting read – though I'm not sure I fully understood it!

Reading William Cowper's The Task is, to put it succinctly, a task. But like many tasks, it is one that ultimately is deeply gratifying. This very long poem, written in blank verse and covering 101 pages in this edition (and in a small typeface, no less), was Cowper's magnum opus and justifiably mad

The Task was a tough read for me at times...in length and heavy, often unfamiliar language. But the more I read, the more I found these absolute jewels of godly wisdom. I love and respect Cowper -- and mourn the fact that his legacy often relegates him to the category of "madman."

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, the

I adore this wonderful poem created by Cowper after being challenged by his friend and neighbour to write in blank verse on the subject of "anything - write on this sofa". Like Cowper, I started on the sofa too (reading it) but you don't stay there for long as the poet takes you on a wonderful journ