Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
WILLIAM COWPERThere is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
More William Cowper Quotes
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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