A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule,
And, when by that of reason, a mere fool


Hope [Poem]. In: The Poetical Works of William Cowper (Thomas Tegg, 1845), p. 87

William Cowper Quotes

A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule, And, when by that of reason, a mere fool

A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule, And, when by that of reason, a mere fool

A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule, And, when by that of reason, a mere fool

A knave, when tried on honesty's plain rule, And, when by that of reason, a mere fool