Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
More William Cowper Quotes
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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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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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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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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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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