William Cowper

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are read more

'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower
Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume;
And we are weeds without it.

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into read more

Defend me, therefore, common sense, say
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
And growing old in drawing nothing up.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.

Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.

God made the country and man made the town.

God made the country and man made the town.