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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd. — William Cowper

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Absence of occupation is not rest, A mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd.

William Cowper
Retirement · 1782
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Topic
Idleness
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Poem
Time
1782
Person
William Cowper
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Cowper, William. "Retirement." Poems by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. London: J. Johnson, 1782.

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