Maxioms by William Cowper
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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.
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression read more
O for a lodge in some vast wilderness,
Some boundless contiguity of shade;
Where rumor of oppression and deceit,
Of unsuccessful or successful war,
Might never reach me more.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
All learned, and all drunk!
All learned, and all drunk!
