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Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect, or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonour or defile the tongue; Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at the market price!
Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect, or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonour or defile the tongue; Who prostitute it in the cause of vice, Or sell their glory at the market price!
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 612 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: TONGUE
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