The Poet in the Asylum
In 1763, William Cowper lay on the floor of a London boarding house, having just failed his third attempt to end his own life. The...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 130.
In 1763, William Cowper lay on the floor of a London boarding house, having just failed his third attempt to end his own life. The brilliant young lawyer had been crushed by anxiety so severe he could not face a simple examination at the House of Lords. He was committed to St Albans Collegium Insanorum, an asylum where Dr. Nathaniel Cotton treated him with uncommon gentleness during eighteen months of darkness.…
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