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1782, William Cowper, “(please specify the poem)”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Cowper Poems/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote William Cowper's work Poems (1st edition, 1782; and new edition, 1806). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
- 1st edition (1782; contents; archived at the Internet Archive).
- New edition (1806; contents).
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the new edition (1806), specify|edition=new. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1782).|1=,|chapter=, or|poem=– mandatory: the "chapter" or name of the poem quoted from. If quoting from a poem indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st edition (1782) | New edition (1806) | ||
| Expostulation | Expostulation (written 1781) | page 103 | page 74 |
| Hope | Hope | page 141 | page 101 |
| The Pine Apple and the Bee | The Pine Apple and the Bee (written 1779) | page 330 | page 274 |
| The Progress of Error | The Progress of Error | page 41 | page 29 |
| Retirement | Retirement | page 258 | page 186 |
| Selkirk | Verses, Supposed to be Written by Alexander Selkirk, during His Solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez | page 305 | page 224 |
| Table Talk | Table Talk (written 1781) | page 1 | page 1 |
| Truth | Truth (written 1781) | page 73 | page 52 |
| Only in the new edition (1806) | |||
| Parameter value | Result | First page number | |
| Dog | The Dog and the Water-lily. No Fable. (1788) | page 254 | |
| Mother's Picture | On the Receipt of My Mother’s Picture out of Norfolk. The Gift of My Cousin Ann Bodham. (1790) | page 579 | |
| Needless Alarm | The Needless Alarm. A Tale. (1785) | page 568 | |
|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|2=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples
[edit]- 1st edition (1782)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Poems|poem=Retirement|page=282|passage=Suburban villas, highvvay-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our grovving ſtreets, / Tight '''boxes''', neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / VVith all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, vvho gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.}}; or{{RQ:Cowper Poems|Retirement|282|Suburban villas, highvvay-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our grovving ſtreets, / Tight '''boxes''', neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / VVith all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, vvho gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.}}
- Result:
- 1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 282:
- Suburban villas, highvvay-ſide retreats, / That dread th' encroachment of our grovving ſtreets, / Tight boxes, neatly ſaſh'd, and in a blaze / VVith all a July ſun's collected rays, / Delight the citizen, vvho gaſping there, / Breathes clouds of duſt and calls it country air.
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Poems|poem=The Pine Apple and the Bee|pages=330–331|pageref=331|passage=The pine apples in triple rovv, / VVere baking hot and all in blovv, / A bee of moſt diſcerning taſte / Perceiv'd the fragrance as he paſs'd, / On eager vving the ſpoiler came, / And ſearch'd for crannies in the frame, / {{...}} But ſtill in vain, the frame vvas tight / And only '''pervious''' to the light.}} - Result:
- 1779 (date written), William Cowper, “The Pine Apple and the Bee”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC, pages 330–331:
- The pine apples in triple rovv, / VVere baking hot and all in blovv, / A bee of moſt diſcerning taſte / Perceiv'd the fragrance as he paſs'd, / On eager vving the ſpoiler came, / And ſearch'd for crannies in the frame, / […] But ſtill in vain, the frame vvas tight / And only pervious to the light.
- New edition (1806)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Poems|edition=new|poem=Needless Alarm|page=570|passage=The man to ſolitude accuſtomed long, / Perceives in every thing that lives a tongue; / {{...}} / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the '''largeſs''' of the skies; {{...}}}} - Result:
- 1785, William Cowper, “The Needless Alarm. A Tale.”, in Poems […], London: […] [F]or J[oseph] Johnson, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], published 1806, →OCLC, page 570:
- The man to ſolitude accuſtomed long, / Perceives in every thing that lives a tongue; / […] / After long drought, vvhen rains abundant fall, / He hears the herbs and flovvers rejoicing all: / Knovvs vvhat the freſhneſs of their hue implies, / Hovv glad they catch the largeſs of the skies; […]
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