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![O, popular applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?]()
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~ William CowperO, popular applause! What heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? -
![But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.]()
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~ William CowperBut war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. -
![Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.]()
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~ William CowperKnowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. -
![There is a pleasure in poetic pains which only poets know.]()
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~ William CowperThere is a pleasure in poetic pains which only poets know. -
![Absence from whom we love is worse than death.]()
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~ William CowperAbsence from whom we love is worse than death. -
![Men deal with life as children with their play,
Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.]()
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~ William CowperMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away. -
![Nature is but a name for an effect,
Whose cause is God.]()
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~ William CowperNature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God. -
![A fool must now and then be right, by chance.]()
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~ William CowperA fool must now and then be right, by chance. -
![I would not enter on my list of friends,
(Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense,
Yet wanting sensibility) the man
Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.]()
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~ William CowperI would not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. -
![I believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.]()
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~ William CowperI believe no man was ever scolded out of his sins.
