Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
WILLIAM COWPERThis fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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All we behold is miracle.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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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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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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