The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
WILLIAM COWPERSatan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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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.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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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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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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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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