Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
WILLIAM COWPERMan may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
More William Cowper Quotes
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All we behold is miracle.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it.
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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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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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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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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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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.
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What 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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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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