Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
WILLIAM COWPERTea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
More William Cowper Quotes
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And 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.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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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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