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Domestic happiness, thou only bliss Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Poet Lawyer
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Happiness
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Bliss
Paradise
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