God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Olney Hymns (1779)
'Light Shining out of Darkness'
God made the country, and man made the town.
The Task (1785)
'The Sofa' (Book I, line 749)
There is a pleasure in poetic pains
Which only poets know.
The Task (1785)
'The Timepiece'
(Book II, lines 285-6)
My first post to celebrate a poet's birthday -I must come up with a sexy name for this, Dead poet's society being already taken- involves some controversy. Wikipedia cites William Cowper's birthday as the 20th of November 1731 while The Guardian cites it as today, the 26th of November 1931. I am more inclined to believe The Gruniad as despite their lax relationship with spelling and punctuational accuracy they tend not be bad on this kind of thing. One other sites say 15th of november but this seems unlikely.
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