Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
WILLIAM COWPERSatan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
More William Cowper Quotes
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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 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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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