England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-My country!

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England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-My country!

William Cowper

1785

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Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 2.

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Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 2.

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