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Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Art
Made
Mechanic
Mere
Poetry

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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
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