Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
WILLIAM COWPERDeep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch’d the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch’d within us, and the heart replies.
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Remorse begets reform.
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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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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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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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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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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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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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