William Cowper Quotation Copied by Hannah More

By: William Cowper

Collection ID

PPR.002323

Type

Papers

Date

1828

Geography

England

Language

English

Medium

Ink on Paper

Dimensions

8.5 × 5.6 in. (21.8 × 14.3 cm)

Exhibit Location

Not on View

Hannah More (1745–1833) was an English poet, playwright, religious writer, social reformer, and anti-slavery activist. More wrote her first play in 1762 and continued to write poetry, plays, and tracts, which in her later years became more evangelical. This small manuscript features a partial quote from William Cowper’s, The Task (Cowper)/Book V—The Winter Morning Walk. Cowper was an English poet and hymnist whose works were known to More. Copied in More’s hand, the partial quote reads, “Know there is yet a liberty unsung, By Poets and by Senators unpressed, ’Tis liberty of Heart.” More signed and dated the document February 1828.

Created in 1828 by Hannah More, Barley Wood, Bristol, England.[1] Acquired by 2010 by Gene Albert (Christian Heritage Museum), Hagerstown, Maryland; Privately purchased in 2010 by Green Collection, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Donated in 2017 to National Christian Foundation (later The Signatry), under the curatorial care of Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC.

Notes: [1]Hannah More signed and dated this document.

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