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“Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue; Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at a market-price!”

Book:The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson

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The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson

The book is a compilation of works by Cowper and Thompson, featuring a selection of letters and poems that have not been published in the United States before. It also includes a biography of Thomson, offering insights into his life and work. more

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William Cowper

William Cowper, a renowned English poet, was born on November 26, 1731, and died on April 25, 1800. Known for his lyrical and satirical poems, Cowper's works held a significant place in English literature during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. more

“I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms, Without a creamy smoothness has no charms. Thus, all success depending on an ear, And thinking I might purchase it too dear, If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound, And truth cut short to make a period round, I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris-dance of verse.”

Source: Poems ... With a sketch of his life and a vindication of his religious principles and character. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. [With a portrait.]

“Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.”

Pain Pleasure Virtue Vices Console

Author:William Cowper

“Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.”

Virtue Fame Prove Conscience Titles Good Sense Good Health

Book:The Works: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations : in Eight Volumes. ¬The poetical works, Vol. 1

Source: The Works: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations : in Eight Volumes. ¬The poetical works, Vol. 1

“Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.”

Wisdom Fall Virtue Taken Grace Accomplishment Exterior

Book:The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poems

Source: The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poems

“A Christian's wit is offensive light, A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight; Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth, 'Tis always active on the side of truth.”