Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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I am out of humanity’s reach.I must finish my journey alone,Never hear the sweet music of speech;I start at the sound of my own.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
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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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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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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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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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