The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
WILLIAM COWPERHeaven’s harmony is universal love.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Solitude, seeming a sanctuary, proves a grave; a sepulchre in which the living lie, where all good qualities grow sick and die
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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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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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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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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