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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,

William Cowper

Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Pass Sound Swift Time Unsound Wing
Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
WILLIAM COWPER

Flavor Giving Inspire Life Spice Variety
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Feeble Grace Judging Lord People Person Sweet
Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Love Mercy Son Therefore
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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Every Mistakes Reasoning Step Tread
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
WILLIAM COWPER

Around Cheer Close Fall Fire Shutter Sofa Stir
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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Blessing Cloud Courage Fearful Saint Take
Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
WILLIAM COWPER

Fall Giving Great Men Office Talent
All we behold is miracle.
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All Behold Miracle
I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Bless Cease Continue Enemies Friend Pray Such
The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
WILLIAM COWPER

Atheist Base Bear Cross Earth Easter Only Slave
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
WILLIAM COWPER

Attitude Despise Great Half Little One Resolution Shame Strong
The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
WILLIAM COWPER

Care Done Lying Most Night Safely Tomorrow Trouble
The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
WILLIAM COWPER

Amarantine Earth Flower Only Virtue
There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
WILLIAM COWPER

Pain Pleasure Poet Poetic Poetry
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
WILLIAM COWPER

Audible Music Soul Sound Sympathy

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