LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW-SHUTTER AT WESTON, by WILLIAM COWPERPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Farewell, dear scenes, for ever closed to me Last Line: Whose friend was god, but god swore not to aid me!
FAREWELL, dear scenes, for ever closed to me, Oh, for what sorrows must I now exchange ye! July 22 1795
Me miserable! how could I escape Infinite wrath and infinite despair! Whom Death, Earth, Heaven, and Hell consigned to ruin, Whose friend was God, but God swore not to aid me!