The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
WILLIAM COWPERThe only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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