“Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell Forever in my native shell, Ordained to move when others please, Not for my own content or ease; But toss'd and buffeted about, Now in the water and now out.” FeelingsMovingWaterBornMy OwnForeverMinesFinePleaseShapesStonesEaseNativeTendernessShellsSensibilityTossOysters Book:The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence Source: The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems ; Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence
“Whatever strengthens our local attachments is favorable both to individual and national character, our home, our birthplace, our native land. Think for a while what the virtues are which arise out of the feelings connected with these words, and if you have any intellectual eyes, you will then perceive the connection between topography and patriotism.” IfsThinkingCharacterFeelingsHomeEyeIndividualVirtueLandIntellectualConnectionsConnectedAriseLocalsPerceiveNativeAttachmentNative LandBirthplaceTopographyBirth Place Book:The Doctor, &c Source: The Doctor, &c