Quote#Kindness
Old Tiney, the surliest of his kind!
Quote byWilliam Cowper · 1731–1800
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Epitaph on a Hare", sts. 2 and 3 (wr. 1783; pub. 1784).
English (original)
Old Tiney, the surliest of his kind! Who, nursed with tender care, And to domestic bounds confined, Was still a wild Jack hare.Though duly from my hand he took His pittance every night, He did it with a jealous look; And, when he could, would bite.
— William Cowper
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