God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERAll we behold is miracle.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
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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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