William Cowper Quotation Copied by Hannah More
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.
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.
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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