The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
WILLIAM COWPERThe bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
More William Cowper Quotes
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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