The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
WILLIAM COWPERMaintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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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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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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