Template:RQ:Cowper Poetical Works
a. 1801 (date written), William Cowper, “(please specify the poem)”, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Edinburgh: James Nichol, […]; London: James Nisbet and Co. […], published 1854, →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Cowper Poetical Works/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
editThis template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote from a collection of William Cowper's works entitled The Poetical Works of William Cowper (1st edition, 1854, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:
Parameters
editThe template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or|volume=
– mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either|volume=I
or|volume=II
.|author=
– the author of the title quoted from, if not Cowper. In some cases, if the volume and page numbers are specified the template can determine the author. However, if it is unable to do so, either specify the author manually using this parameter or give the parameter the value indicated in the first column of the following table:
Parameter value | Result |
---|---|
Bourne | Vincent Bourne |
Guyon | Jeanne Guyon |
Homer | Homer |
Horace | Horace |
Milton | John Milton |
Ovid | Ovid |
Virgil | Virgil |
|2=
,|chapter=
,|poem=
, or|title=
– mandatory: the chapter, name of the poem, or title quoted from. If quoting from a title 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 |
---|---|---|
Volume I | ||
Life | The Life of William Cowper (by George Gilfillan; 1854) | page v |
Table Talk | Table Talk (written 1781)
|
page 1 |
Truth | Truth (written 1781)
|
page 44 |
Volume II | ||
Gratitude | Gratitude. Addressed to Lady Hesketh. | page 140 |
Poetry | The Poetry of William Cowper (by Gilfillan; 1854) | page v |
Miscellaneous Poems | ||
The Four Ages | The Four Ages. (A Brief Fragment of an Extensive Projected Poem.) (1791) | page 155 |
|line=
or|lines=
– the line number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of numbers, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this:|lines=10–11
.|stanza=
– the stanza number quoted from.|3=
or|page=
, or|pages=
– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. 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
or|pages=x–xi
. - 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 determine the part of the work quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.
|4=
,|text=
, or|passage=
– the passage to be quoted.|footer=
– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=
– use|brackets=on
to 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- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Cowper Poetical Works|volume=II|poem=The Four Ages|lines=8–9|page=156|passage=Taking my lonely '''winding''' walk, I mused, / And held accustom'd conference with my heart; {{...}}}}
; or{{RQ:Cowper Poetical Works|II|The Four Ages|lines=8–9|156|Taking my lonely '''winding''' walk, I mused, / And held accustom'd conference with my heart; {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1791, William Cowper, “[Miscellaneous Poems.] The Four Ages. (A Brief Fragment of an Extensive Projected Poem.)”, in The Poetical Works of William Cowper. […], volume II, Edinburgh: James Nichol, […]; London: James Nisbet and Co. […], published 1854, →OCLC, page 156, lines 8–9:
- Taking my lonely winding walk, I mused, / And held accustom'd conference with my heart; […]
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