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Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.

William Cowper
World, Crowds, Retreat
'The Task' (1785) bk. 4 'The Winter Evening' l. 88
Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world; to see the stir Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.