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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.

William Cowper

The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.
WILLIAM COWPER

Bitter Bud God Interpreter Olan Sweet Taste Unbelief Vain Will
…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPER

Evening Let Night Peaceful Welcome
Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
WILLIAM COWPER

Day Death Every Happier Look
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
WILLIAM COWPER

Frowned Grace Judge Judging Lord Trust
Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPER

Ecstasy Elegant Simplicity Warm
I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
WILLIAM COWPER

Doctrine Hand Heart Life Man Pure Venerate
Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
WILLIAM COWPER

Authorship Genius Manner Sense Substitutes
Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
WILLIAM COWPER

Feet Make Prayer Promise Sweet Trial
Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
WILLIAM COWPER

Affection Black Dwell Skin White
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
WILLIAM COWPER

Difficult Ease Happiness Life Pursuit
War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
WILLIAM COWPER

Game King Ply Subject War Wise
Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill.
WILLIAM COWPER

Fall Giving Great Men Office Talent
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
WILLIAM COWPER

Cheer Column Cup Each Evening Preach Steamy Welcome
[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER

Cat Describe Fambol Incredible Kitten
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
WILLIAM COWPER

Doctrine Grace Language Men Plain Simple Sincere
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
WILLIAM COWPER

Attentive Head Knowledge Men Own Repeat Thought Widsom

No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.

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