…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse begets reform.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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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.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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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 still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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