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Man disavows, and Deity disowns me: hell might afford my miseries a shelter therefore hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all bolted against me.

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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Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Mouths
Miseries
Misery
Deity
Therefore
Deities
Hell
Shelter
Ever
Insanity
Might
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Men
Hungry
Keeps
Bolted

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