Made poetry a mere mechanic art. - William Cowper

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Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

William Cowper

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About William Cowper

William Cowper (26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and hymnodist.

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Also Known As: Bard of Olney

Alternative Names: Cowper, William • Cowper William

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Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and space, Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's ark.

'T is Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

There is a bird who by his coat, And by the hoarseness of his note, Might be supposed a crow.