But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise,
Kings would not play at.

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Cowper, William. The Task. London: Joseph Johnson, 1785, bk. 5.

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Cowper, William. "The Task." William Cowper: The Task and Selected Other Poems, edited by James Sambrook. Routledge, 2016, bk. 5.

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A quote by William Cowper about war: “But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.”

A quote by William Cowper about war: “But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.”

A quote by William Cowper about war: “But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.”