Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
WILLIAM COWPERSpring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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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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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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