After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
WILLIAM COWPER
Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
WILLIAM COWPER