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William Cowper on Mother's Day

1731–1800 England

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5 quotes

Our love is principle, and has its root
In reason, is judicious, manly, free.

The Task (1785)

Absence from whom we love is worse than death,
And frustrate hope severer than despair.

Society friendship and love
Divinely bestow'd upon man,
O had I the wings of a dove
How soon I would taste you again!

Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk (1782)

Heaven's harmony is universal love.

And still to love, though prest with ill,
In wintry age to feel no chill,
With me is to be lovely still,
My Mary!

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: William Cowper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.