William Cowper föddes den November 15th1731 och dog den 25 April 1800 - One of the most widely read English poets of his day. Mer info via Google eller Bing.
Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs / Receive our air, that moment they are free; / They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
So turning to his horse, he said, / I am in haste to dine; / 'Twas for your pleasure you came here, / You shall go back for mine.
So you must ride / On horseback after we.
Society, friendship, and love, / Divinely bestowed upon man, / Oh, had I the wings of a dove, / How soon would I taste you again!
Some men make gain a fountain whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds.
Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
Still ending, and beginning still
Stop, while ye may; suspend your mad career!
That good diffused may more abundant grow.
The bud may have a bitter taste, / But sweet will be the flower.
The busy trifler dreams himself alone, / Frames many a purpose, and God works his own.
The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.
The dinner waits, and we are tired: / Said Gilpin - So am I!
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