And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
WILLIAM COWPERAnd the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
More William Cowper Quotes
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He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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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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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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