Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
WILLIAM COWPERBut oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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And 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.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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