William Cowper's New Song from the Asylum
In the winter of 1763, William Cowper tried to end his life three times. The brilliant young English lawyer — paralyzed by despair and convinced...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 40:1-11.
In the winter of 1763, William Cowper tried to end his life three times. The brilliant young English lawyer — paralyzed by despair and convinced he was beyond the reach of the Almighty — attempted poison, a blade, and a bedsheet noose. Each attempt failed. He was committed to St. Albans asylum under the care of Dr. Nathaniel Cotton, where for eighteen months he sat in what he later described as a pit of unrelenting darkness.…
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