Living
To a Friend in Distress
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Living
I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse, my friend,
For when at worst, they say, things always mend!
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Codex Note
From the Latin of John Owen.
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Cowper, William. “To a Friend in Distress.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/357/.
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Cowper, William. “To a Friend in Distress.” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/357/.
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