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    William Cowper

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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

    #earth #indulged #made #man #might

    The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #innocent #pillow #seldom #uncomfortable

    The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #enough #knows #who

    They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #honey #lead #truth #weed #whom

    Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #exterior #happiness #less #most #nature

    Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #knows #more #wisdom

    How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #dunce #excels #home #how #kept

    Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. ↗


    — William Cowper

    #glory #guilt #principles #selfish #shame






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    Major works
    Olney Hymns 1779 in collaboration with John Newton
    John Gilpin 1782
    The Task 1785
    Homer's Iliad and Odyssey 1791 (translations from the Greek). In 1795 Cowper moved with Mary to Norfolk. All of them were publiWilliam Cowperd in 1782 under the title Poems by William Cowper of the Inner Temple Esq.

    One of the most popular poets of his time Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. His poem "Light Shining out of Darkness" gave the English language the idiom "God moves in a mysterious way / His wonders to perform. William Cowper (pron.

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