The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
WILLIAM COWPERI will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys 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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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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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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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