Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
More William Cowper Quotes
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Books are not seldom talismans and spells.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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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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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
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I seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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