William Cowper,
VersesWritten at Bath, on Finding the Heel of a Shoe
(1748)
“ The weighty tread of some rude peasant clown Upbore: on this supported oft he stretch'd, With uncouth strides, along the furrow 'd glebe, Flatt'ning the stubborn clod, till cruel time, (What will not cruel time?) on a wry step, Sever'd the strict cohesion; when, alas! ”
