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William Cowper Quotes: How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.
         

How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.


William Cowper
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This page presents the quote "How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.". Author of this quote is William Cowper. This quote is about light, arrows, tempest, speed, mind, flight,.