Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
WILLIAM COWPERWould I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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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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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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