I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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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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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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Remorse begets reform.
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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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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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