Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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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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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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