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Ages Elapsed Ere Homer's Lamp Appear'd, And Ages Ere The Mantuan Swan Was Heard
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Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd,
And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard:
To carry nature lengths unknown before,
To give a Milton birth, ask'd ages more.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800)
-- Table Talk, Line 556
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Welcome to the Current Middle Ages!
Happiness depends, as Nature shows, Less on exterior things than most suppose.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 246...
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flowe
Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads....
How many ages hence Shall this our lofty scene be acted over In states unborn and accents yet unknown!
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Julius Caesar -- Act iii, Sc. 1...
As if the world and they were hand and glove.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 173...
Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 588
Is base in kind, and born to be a slave. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 28
Low ambition and the thirst of praise. -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Table Talk, Line 591