William Cowper

There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.

There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.

What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching read more

What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!
How sweet their memory still!
But they have left an aching void
The world can never fill.

Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
His only answer was a blameless life;
And he read more

Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,
His only answer was a blameless life;
And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,
Had each a brother's interest in his heart.

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

A business with an income at its heels.

A business with an income at its heels.