This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
WILLIAM COWPERKnowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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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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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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