In 1773, Cowper experienced an attack of insanity, imagining not only that he was eternally condemned to hell, but that God was commanding him to make a sacrifice of his own life.
1773年，古柏与恩明夫人订婚，又经历精神错乱的攻击，不仅想像他永远被打入地狱，而且上帝命令他献出自己的生命。