Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.
WILLIAM COWPERBlind 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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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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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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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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Unless a love of virtue light the flame,
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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To follow foolish precedents, and wink With both our eyes, is easier than to think.
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Heaven’s harmony is universal love.
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