AT OLNEY--MR.

NEWTON.
Cowper had not been two years with the Unwins when Mr.Unwin, the father, was killed by a fall from his horse; this broke up the household.

But between Cowper and Mrs.Unwin an indissoluble tie had been formed.

It seems clear, notwithstanding Southey's assertion to the contrary, that they at one time meditated marriage, possibly as a propitiation to the evil tongues which did not spare even this most innocent connexion; but they were prevented from fulfilling their intention by a return of Cowper's malady.

They became companions for life.