O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
WILLIAM COWPERHe finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not color’d like his own, and having pow’r T’ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey.
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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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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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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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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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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