William Cowper Quotes about Humanity

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I am out of humanity's reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.

I am out of humanity's reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.

William Cowper

Sweet, Journey, Humanity

William Cowper (1824). “Poems”, p.172

An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live.

William Cowper

Crush, Humanity, Reptiles

William Cowper (1826). “Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery”, p.340