Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
WILLIAM COWPERWar’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
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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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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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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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All we behold is miracle.
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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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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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Still ending, and beginning still.
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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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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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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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