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When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile
William Cowper
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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
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There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.
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Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, An Nature, in her cultivated trim Dress'ed to his taste, inviting him abroad - Can he want occupation who has these?
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