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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW-SHUTTER AT WESTON, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, dear scenes, for ever closed to me
Last Line: Whose friend was god, but god swore not to aid me!
First Line: Farewell, dear scenes, for ever closed to me
Last Line: Whose friend was god, but god swore not to aid me!
FAREWELL, dear scenes, for ever closed to me,
Oh, for what sorrows must I now exchange ye!
July 22 1795
Me miserable! how could I escape
Infinite wrath and infinite despair!
Whom Death, Earth, Heaven, and Hell consigned to ruin,
Whose friend was God, but God swore not to aid me!
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