[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERI seem forsaken and alone, / I hear the lion roar; / And every door is shut but one, / And that is Mercy’s door.
More William Cowper Quotes
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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Happy the man who sees a God employed in all the good and ills that checker life.
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Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others’ bare.
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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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He that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
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Variety’s the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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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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God made the country, and man made the town.
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Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
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