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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.

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
Leads
Sadness
Misery
Sorrow
Land
Path
Alone
Unknown

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