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William Cowper Quotes about Pleasure

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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Degrees, Judgment, Pleasure

William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.21

Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.

Tire, Pleasure, Labor

William Cowper (1824). “Poems of William Cowper, Esq”, p.75

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

Regret, Eggs, Pleasure

Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd, And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.

Sweet, Poverty, Pleasure

William Cowper, James Sambrook (2016). “William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems”, p.185, Routledge

Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued.

Religion, Doe, Pleasure

William Cowper (1866). “Poems”, p.164

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