Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
WILLIAM COWPEREngland with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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All we behold is miracle.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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