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!
The Task
Publication Date: November, 1906
Publisher: Cassell and Company Limited, London
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Author: William Cowper