And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
WILLIAM COWPERThere is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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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,
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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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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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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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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