"But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard; Ne'er sigh'd at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appear'd."
— William Cowper

January 1, 1970

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Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

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Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)