Those closing four lines are incredible—"There is mercy in every place; / And mercy, encouraging thought! / Gives even affliction a grace, / And reconciles man to his lot"—so glad to have encountered them here (my previous exposure to Cowper was solely "The Task"!)
Those closing four lines are incredible—"There is mercy in every place; / And mercy, encouraging thought! / Gives even affliction a grace, / And reconciles man to his lot"—so glad to have encountered them here (my previous exposure to Cowper was solely "The Task"!)