William Cowper

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name,
But England's Milton equals both in fame.

Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name,
But England's Milton equals both in fame.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Doing good,
Disinterested good, is not our trade.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

And spare the poet for his subject's sake.

And spare the poet for his subject's sake.

I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
But grant read more

I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
"How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
But grant me still a friend in my retreat,
Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.