When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
WILLIAM COWPERNo traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
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I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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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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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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