William Cowper on Character
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“Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.”
“Virtue and vice had boundaries in old time, Not to be pass'd.”
“An honest man, close-button'd to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within.”
“He cannot drink five bottles, bilk the score, Then kill a constable, and drink five more; But he can draw a pattern, make a tart, And has ladies' etiquette by heart.”