Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
More William Cowper Quotes
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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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.
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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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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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