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Quote by William Cowper
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. – William Cowper

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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame;
He hides behind a magisterial air
He own offences, and strips others bare. – William Cowper

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That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell! – Robert Pollok

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