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An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
May
Evening
Inadvertent
Live
Step
Forewarned
Steps
Crawls
Turn
Reptile
Humanity
Reptiles
Path
Snail
Public
Aside
Turns
Crush

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