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... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Kittens
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Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!
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How! leap into the pit our life to save? To save our life leap all into the grave.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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A Christian's wit is offensive light, A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth, 'Tis always active on the side of truth.
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It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st
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I have a kitten,the drollest of all creatures that ever wore a cat's skin.
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Even in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor much consol'd, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates.
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The beggarly last doit.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Remorse begets reform.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd, And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.
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No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
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Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial climates into one.
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Our love is principle, and has its root In reason, is judicious, manly, free.
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