Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.
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- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 85.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, William Cowper entry; The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 85.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary e
- The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 85.
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