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William Cowper. (1731–1800) (continued)

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Freedom has a thousand charms to show,
That slaves, howe’er contented, never know.

Table Talk. Line 260.

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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,
The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.

Table Talk. Line 542.

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Ages elapsed ere Homer’s lamp appear’d,
And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard:
To carry nature lengths unknown before,
To give a Milton birth, ask’d ages more.

Table Talk. Line 556.

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Elegant as simplicity, and warm
As ecstasy.

Table Talk. Line 588.

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Low ambition and the thirst of praise. 1

Table Talk. Line 591.

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Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Table Talk. Line 654.

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Nature, exerting an unwearied power,
Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;
Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads
The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.

Table Talk. Line 690.

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Lights of the world, and stars of human race.

The Progress of Error. Line 97.

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How much a dunce that has been sent to roam
Excels a dunce that has been kept at home!

The Progress of Error. Line 415.

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Just knows, and knows no more, her Bible true,—
A truth the brilliant Frenchman never knew.

Truth. Line 327.

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The sounding jargon of the schools. 2

Truth. Line 367.

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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,
’T is e’en as if an angel shook his wings.

Charity. Line 435.

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A fool must now and then be right by chance.

Conversation. Line 96.

Note 1.
See Pope, Quotation 1. [back]

Note 2.
See Prior, Quotation 1. [back]

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