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They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt.

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
Brain
Breeds
Attention
Oath
Pain
Sober
Truth
Swear
Like
Forced
Rivets
Throughout
Heedless
Till
Oaths
Doubt
Prevails

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