After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
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All we behold is miracle.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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