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• The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book i, The Sofa, Line 506...
• Doing good, Disinterested good, is not our trade.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book i, The Sofa, Line 673...
• Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book i, The Sofa, Line 181...
• United yet divided, twain at once: So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book i, The Sofa, Line 77...
• England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book ii, The Timepiece, Line 206...
• With filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all!
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book v, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 745...
• As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book v, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 444...
• Praise enough To fill the ambition of a private man, That Chatham's language was his mother tongue.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book ii, The Timepiece, Line 235...
• Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free!
  They touch our country, and their shackles fall....