Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPERTo follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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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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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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But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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.
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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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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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