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Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords Unblest, and that the battle is the Lords?

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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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Lords
Told
Swords
Lord
Hast
Success
Spears
Often
Art
Believed
Stills
Thou
Unblest
Truth
Sacred
Attends
Still
Battle

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