War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
WILLIAM COWPERHow happy it is to believe, with a steadfast assurance, that our petitions are heard even while we are making them; and how delightful to meet with a proof of it in the effectual and actual grant of them.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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