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• There is a mixture of evil in everything we do; indulgence encourages us to encroach, while we Crabbe exercise the rights of children, we become childish.

  William Cowper

  Children, Exercise, Rights

  1783 Letter to Rev William Unwin, 7 Sep.

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• But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world.

  William Cowper

  Wise, Baby, Kings

  1785 The Task, bk.5,'The Winter Morning Walk', l.187-92.

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• All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;
  Object of my implacable disgust.

  William Cowper

  Perfect, Disgusting, Scorn

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.154

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• When one that holds communion with the skies
  Has fill'd his urn where these pure waters rise,
  And once more mingles with us meaner things,
  'Tis e'en as if an angel shook his wings.

  William Cowper

  Angel, Sky, Wings

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.77

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• The parable of the prodigal son, the most beautiful fiction that ever was invented; our Saviour's speech to His disciples, with which He closed His earthly ministrations, full of the sublimest dignity and tenderest affection, surpass everything that I ever read; and like the spirit by which they were dictated, fly directly to the heart.

  William Cowper

  Bible, Beautiful, Heart

  William Cowper (1862). “Letters of William Cowper; being a selection from his correspondence: with a sketch of his life, and biographical notices of his correspondents. [With a portrait.]”, p.54

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• Forgot the blush that virgin fears impart
  To modest cheeks, and borrowed one from art.

  William Cowper

  Art, Modest, Virgins

  William Cowper (1819). “Poems”, p.76

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• Some drill and bore
  The solid earth, and from the strata there
  Extract a register, by which we learn,
  That he who made it, and reveal'd its date
  To Moses, was mistaken in its age.

  William Cowper

  Science, Age, Earth

  William Cowper (1855). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.151

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• Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.

  William Cowper

  Religion, Needs, Heavenly

  William Cowper (1830). “Poems ... With a sketch of his life and a vindication of his religious principles and character. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. [With a portrait.]”, p.64

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• All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.

  William Cowper

  Giving, Reform, Charity

  William Cowper (1872). “Table talk, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, and other poems”, p.108

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• 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.

  William Cowper

  Sports, Reading, Giving

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

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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.

  William Cowper

  Running, Reading, Shining

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

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• Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

  William Cowper

  Providence, Mines

  William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.163

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• Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.

  William Cowper

  Art, Eye, Cheat

  William Cowper, John Bruce (F.S.A.) (1866). “Poetical Works”, p.49

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• No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

  William Cowper

  Sin, Scolded

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