It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
WILLIAM COWPERHe that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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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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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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