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God made the country, and man made the town.

God made the country, and man made the town.

William Cowper
God, Country, Men
The Task bk. 1 "The Sofa" l. 749 (1785) See Abraham Cowley 2

England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.

William Cowper
Country, Mind, May
William Cowper, John William Cunningham, William Hayley (1835). “The Life and Works of William Cowper: His life and letters by William Hayley. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence”, p.369

Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of a country sign.

William Cowper
Country, Talking, May
William Cowper, Henry Stebbing (1869). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc. ; with a Memoir of the Author”, p.128

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
Country, Fall, Air
'The Task' (1785) bk. 2 'The Timepiece' l. 40.

England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!

William Cowper
Love, Country, Faults
The Task bk. 2 "The Timepiece" l. 206 (1785) See Charles Churchill 1

Scenes must be beautiful which daily view'd Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years.

William Cowper
Beautiful, Country, Views
William Cowper, James Sambrook (2016). “William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems”, p.85, Routledge

They love the country, and none else, who seek For their own sake its silence and its shade. Delights which who would leave, that has a heart Susceptible of pity, or a mind Cultured and capable of sober thought.

William Cowper
Country, Heart, Silence
William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.73

Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!

William Cowper
Sports, Country, Mad
William Cowper, James Sambrook (2016). “William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems”, p.156, Routledge

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