Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
WILLIAM COWPERWhat 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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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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All we behold is miracle.
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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.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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