Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
WILLIAM COWPERWhat we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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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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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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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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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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