There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
WILLIAM COWPERCeremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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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.
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