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.
WILLIAM COWPER…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Manner is all in all, whate’er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
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Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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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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Tea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
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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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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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