On Invalids (From The Greek) Poem by William Cowper

On Invalids (From The Greek)

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Far happier are the dead, methinks, than they
Who look for death, and fear it every day.

William Cowper
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Fabrizio Frosini 21 February 2016

I don't know if the dead can be happy/happier.. but fearing death all life long is surely an incommensurable pain..

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