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.
WILLIAM COWPERCeremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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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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