The works of Cowley were collected in 1668, when Thomas Sprat brought out an edition in folio, to which he prefixed a life of the poet. There were many reprints of this collection, which formed the standard edition till 1881, when it was superseded by Alexander Balloch Grosart's privately printed edition in two volumes, for the Chertsey Worthies library. The "Essays" have frequently been revived. "A Satire Against Separatists", printed in 1675, has been variously attributed to Cowley and to Peter Hausted.