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,
WILLIAM COWPERTea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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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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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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