God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERThe darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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