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Дата рождения: 26. Ноябрь 1731
Дата смерти: 25. Апрель 1800

Уи́льям Ку́пер — английский поэт.

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„Such the bard's prophetic words, Pregnant with celestial fire, Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre.“

— William Cowper
Context: "Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway; Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they."Such the bard's prophetic words, Pregnant with celestial fire, Bending as he swept the chords Of his sweet but awful lyre. "Boadicea" (1782).

„O tell me I yet have a friend,
Though a friend I am never to see.“

— William Cowper
Context: My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see. Line 37.

„Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.“

— William Cowper
Context: 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 knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells. Line 92.

„It seems idolatry with some excuse,When our forefather Druids in their oaksImagined sanctity.“

— William Cowper
Context: It seems idolatry with some excuse, When our forefather Druids in their oaks Imagined sanctity. Lines 9-11

„Regions Caesar never knew
Thy posterity shall sway“

„The dogs did bark, the children screamed,
Up flew the windows all;
And every soul cried out, "Well done!"
As loud as he could bawl.“

— William Cowper
St. 28.

„Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade,
Apt emblem of a virtuous maid
Silent and chaste she steals along,
Far from the world's gay busy throng:
With gentle yet prevailing force,
Intent upon her destined course;
Graceful and useful all she does,
Blessing and blest where'er she goes;
Pure-bosom'd as that watery glass,
And Heaven reflected in her face.“

— William Cowper
"To a Young Lady" (1782).

„Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs
Receive our air, that moment they are free!
They touch our country, and their shackles fall.“

— William Cowper
Line 40.

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