He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,
And all are slaves besides.
Quotes from The Task — William Cowper
1731–1800 England
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Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.
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Transforms old print
To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes
Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
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Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor;
And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
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Give what thou wilt, without thee we are poor;
And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
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She that asks
Her dear five hundred friends, contemns them all,
And hates their coming.
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While fancy, like the finger of a clock,
Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise,
Kings would not play at.
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Presume to lay their hand upon the ark
Of her magnificent and awful cause.
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Some to the fascination of a name,
Surrender judgment hoodwinked.
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Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that has surviv'd the fall!
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Whoe'er was edified, themselves were not.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works
Die too.
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Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Cowper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.