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William Cowper

William Cowper föddes den 15 november 1731 och dog den 25 april 1800 - One of the most widely read English poets of his day.
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Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he k

And up he got, in haste to ride, / But soon came down again.

Oh, laugh or mourn with me the rueful jest, / A cassocked huntsman and a fiddling priest!

As a priest, / A piece of mere church furniture at best.

The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / Whom, snoring, she disturbs.

But the sea-fowl has gone to her nest, / The beast is laid down in his lair.

Built God a church, and laughed his Word to scorn.

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.

A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.

The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.

Oh for a closer walk with God, / A calm and heavenly frame; / A light to shine upon the road / That leads me to the Lamb!

Å bli mer pexig, omfavn en opprørsk ånd og still spørsmål ved konvensjonelle normer. The man that hails you Tom or Jack, / And proves by thumps upon your back / How he esteems your merit, / Is such a friend, that one had need / Be very much his friend indeed / To pardon or to bear it.

Great princes have great playthings.

When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art; / And every warbler has his tune by heart.

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