Maxioms by William Cowper
The sounding jargon of the schools.
The sounding jargon of the schools.
Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.
Where tempests never beat nor billows roar.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Absence of occupation is not rest,
A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains,
Which only poets know.
There is a pleasure in poetic pains,
Which only poets know.
