William Cowper Quotes

Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPER

Ecstasy Elegant Simplicity Warm
The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
WILLIAM COWPER

Accustom Fall Flower Man Rain Solitude
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
WILLIAM COWPER

Audible Music Soul Sound Sympathy
No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
WILLIAM COWPER

Empty Man Patriot Political Politics Stomach
O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
WILLIAM COWPER

Inverted Ruler Winter Year
A fool must now and then be right, by chance
WILLIAM COWPER

Fool Humorous Intellectual Now Right Truth
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
WILLIAM COWPER

Greatly Pity Rum Slavery Sugar
God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPER

Beach God Moving Mysterious Perform Wonder
God made the country, and man made the town.
WILLIAM COWPER

Country God Man Town
God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPER

Courage Failure Move Moving Mysterious Perform
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPER

Frowned Grace Judge Judging Lord Trust
Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
WILLIAM COWPER

Another Detect Hunting Owe Pain Sport
We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPER

Death Die Dust Mightiest Turn Work
Remorse begets reform.
WILLIAM COWPER

Allow Beget Reform Remorse
Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
WILLIAM COWPER

Exterior Fall Grace Place Taken Wisdom
[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER

Cat Describe Fambol Incredible Kitten
The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPER

Earth Flower Inspirational Treasure Truth
Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
WILLIAM COWPER

Authorship Genius Manner Sense Substitutes
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
WILLIAM COWPER

Devil Knee Prayer Saint Trembles Weakness
The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
WILLIAM COWPER

Amarantine Earth Flower Only Virtue
The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
WILLIAM COWPER

Away Darkest Day Hope Passed Tomorrow
The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
WILLIAM COWPER

Distribute Hire Nurse Sick Sleep Snoring Sweetly Watch
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
WILLIAM COWPER

Inspirational Knowledge Life Motivational Proud Wisdom
This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
WILLIAM COWPER

Attachment Home Known Life Place Race Start
I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
WILLIAM COWPER

Doctrine Hand Heart Life Man Pure Venerate
The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPER

Bear Fatigue Indolent Insupportable Poor Rich Think Thinking Weak
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
WILLIAM COWPER

Garden Gardening Greenhouses Love

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