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Quotation from The Task by William Cowper

“I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since;”

William Cowper (spoken by The speaker)

The Task, Book III (Gutenberg #3698: The Task, and Other Poems (Cassell's National Library, 1899))

Cowper's self-portrait in his despair.

Citation: "I was a stricken deer that left the herd Long since;" — William Cowper, The Task, Book III (Gutenberg #3698: The Task, and Other Poems (Cassell's National Library, 1899)). (id the-task-cowper-q6)

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