I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
WILLIAM COWPERThe darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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