Cowper, William: Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: RETIREMENT

Cowper, William: Grief is itself a med'cine. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: GRIEF, MEDICINE

Cowper, William: Happiness depends, as Nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: HAPPINESS, NATURE

Cowper, William: Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness/Where rumour of oppression and deceit/Of unsuccessful or successful war/Might never reach me more (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: DISTRACTIONS, ESCAPISM

Cowper, William: Remorse begets reform. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: GUILT, REFORM, REGRET

Cowper, William: The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. (William Cowper: English poet and forerunner of Romantic poetry, 1731-1800) Categories: HAPPINESS, PURPOSEFULNESS