Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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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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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, ’tis being flayed alive.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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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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Still ending, and beginning still.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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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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