The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
WILLIAM COWPERWe turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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All we behold is miracle.
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Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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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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The still small voice is wanted.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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