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William Cowper (Уильям Купер)


Familiarity Dangerous


As in her ancient mistress’ lap
The youthful tabby lay,
They gave each other many a tap,
Alike disposed to play.

But strife ensues. Puss waxes warm,
And with protruded claws
Ploughs all the length of Lydia’s arm,
Mere wantonness the cause.

At once, resentful of the deed,
She shakes her to the ground
With many a threat that she shall bleed
With still a deeper wound.

But, Lydia, bid thy fury rest:
It was a venial stroke:
For she that will with kittens jest
Should bear a kitten’s joke. 



William Cowper's other poems:
  1. No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer
  2. Denner's Old Woman
  3. A Figurative Description of the Procedure of Divine Love
  4. The Doves
  5. Ephraim Repenting


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