For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. (William Cowper)

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.

William Cowper

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