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.
WILLIAM COWPERTrials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
More William Cowper Quotes
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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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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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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