All we behold is miracle.
WILLIAM COWPERJudge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
More William Cowper Quotes
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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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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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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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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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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