Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
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But love of change, it seems, has placeNot only in our wiser race;
Cats also feel, as well as we,
That passion's force, and so did she.
William Cowper
Hence jarring sectaries may learnTheir real interest to discernThat brother should not war with brother,And worry and devour each otherBut sing and shine by sweet consent,Till life's poor transient night is spent,Respecting in each other's caseThe gifts of nature and of grace.
William Cowper
A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.
William Cowper
The busy trifler dreams himself alone, Frames many a purpose, and God works his own.
William Cowper
Still ending, and beginning still.
William Cowper
I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.
William Cowper
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