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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Hertfordshire
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