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"United yet divided, twain at once: So sit two kings of Brentford on one throne."
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"Knowledge and Wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connexion. Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own."
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The Task (poem)
The Task (poem)
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The Task: A Poem, in Six Books is a poem in blank verse by William Cowper published in 1785, usually seen as his supreme achievement. Its six books are called "The Sofa", "The Timepiece", "The Garden", "The Winter Evening", "The Winter Morning Walk" and "The Winter Walk at Noon". Beginning with a mock-Miltonic passage on the origins of the sofa, it develops into a discursive meditation on the bles
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