[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERAfter long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
More William Cowper Quotes
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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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.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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