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  • But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre he that runs may read.

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    William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.277

  • The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene!

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    William Cowper (1853). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel”, p.140

  • He that runs may read.

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    William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.104

  • The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.

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    William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.113
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William Cowper

  • Born: November 26, 1731
  • Died: April 25, 1800
  • Occupation: Poet
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