Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

247. Autograph letter to Judith Madan

One of the major Hayley projects on which Blake worked was a biography of William Cowper. Subject to intense depression and occasional suicide attempts, Cowper was thought to be mad. His poetry depicts a humble life, in a style sometimes referred to as a "poetry of domesticity." A deeply religious man, he is also remembered for his hymns. This letter to his aunt contains the manuscript of one of his most famous, "Oh for a Closer Walk with God."

William Cowper (1731-1800), Autograph letter signed, dated 10 December 1767, to his aunt [Judith] Madan, MA 6437