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• I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk...
• O Solitude! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk...
• But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard
  Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd....
• Behind a frowning providence He hides a shining face.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Light shining out of Darkne...
• Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave, oh leave the light of Hope behind!
  What though my winged hours of bliss have been Like angel visits, few and far between....
• Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
  -- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), A Midsummer Night's Dream -- Act i, Sc. 1...
• Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Retirement, Line 623...
• There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Jackdaw, (Translation from Vincent Bourne)...
• A business with an income at its heels Furnishes always oil for its own wheels.
  -- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- Retirement, Line 614...