Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd. (William Cowper)

Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.

William Cowper

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