The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
WILLIAM COWPERBlind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
More William Cowper Quotes
-
-
Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
WILLIAM COWPER -
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.”
WILLIAM COWPER -
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
WILLIAM COWPER -
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
WILLIAM COWPER -
How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
WILLIAM COWPER -
[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
WILLIAM COWPER -
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPER -
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
WILLIAM COWPER -
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
WILLIAM COWPER