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Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.

II. Parting and Absence

The Present Good

William Cowper (1731–1800)

From “The Task,” Book VI.

NOT to understand a treasure’s worth

Till time has stol’n away the slighted good,

Is cause of half the poverty we feel,

And makes the world the wilderness it is.


Contents -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD