There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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