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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.

~William Cowper

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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

~William Cowper

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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.

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The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.

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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

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The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.

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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.

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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.

~William Cowper

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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.

~William Cowper

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: November 26th, 1731

Died: April 25th, 1800

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