Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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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 only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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