After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
WILLIAM COWPERElegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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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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Nature is a good name for an effect whose cause is God.
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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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