Lifted from the Miry Clay: The Rescue of William Cowper
In the winter of 1763, English poet William Cowper was carried unconscious to St Albans Collegium, a private asylum north of London. He had tried...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 40:1-11.
In the winter of 1763, English poet William Cowper was carried unconscious to St Albans Collegium, a private asylum north of London. He had tried three times to end his life — by poison, by blade, by hanging. Depression had swallowed him whole, and he saw no way out of the pit. For eighteen months, Cowper sat in that quiet place, hollow and waiting.…
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