The Task by William Cowper

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The Task by William Cowper
The Task was originally published in 1785 and consists of Six Books:
1. The Sofa
2. The Time-Piece
3. The Garden
4. The Winter Evening
5. The Winter Morning Walk
6. The Winter Walk at Noon

This volume has been beautifully illustrated by Birket Foster and was published in 1878 by James Nisbet and Co. The condition is very good.

As an explanation of the poem William Cowper writes:
A lady, fond of blank verse, demanded a poem of that kind from the author, and gave him the Sofa for a subject. He obeyed; and, having much leisure, connected another subject with it; and, pursuing the train of thought to which his situation and turn of mind led him, brought forth at length, instead of the trifle which he at first intended, a serious affair—a Volume!