The man to solitude accustom’d long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease,
WILLIAM COWPERVice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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Remorse begets reform.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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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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What we admire we praise; and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles us even in our pains.
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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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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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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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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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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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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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