Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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