Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPERWhile truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
More William Cowper Quotes
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Judge 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;
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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How 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.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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