The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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