Still ending, and beginning still.
WILLIAM COWPERDeep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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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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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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