He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
WILLIAM COWPERTime, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Grief is itself a medicine.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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