Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPERThe kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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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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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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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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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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