This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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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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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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