Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPERMen deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Time, as he passes us, has a dove’s wing, Unsoil’d, and swift, and of a silken sound.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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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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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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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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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
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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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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Restraining prayer, we cease to fight; Prayer keeps the Christian’s armor bright; And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.
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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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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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