Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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England 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.
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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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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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