Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPERGrief is itself a medicine.
More William Cowper Quotes
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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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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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Grief is itself a medicine.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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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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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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