The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERSends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPERHow sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
WILLIAM COWPERVariety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
WILLIAM COWPERHow happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
WILLIAM COWPER…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPERHeaven’s harmony is universal love.
WILLIAM COWPERNor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
WILLIAM COWPERWe are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
WILLIAM COWPERPleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
WILLIAM COWPERThe path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
WILLIAM COWPERThe man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
WILLIAM COWPER[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER