Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
WILLIAM COWPERA self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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