How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
WILLIAM COWPERGod made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money,
More William Cowper Quotes
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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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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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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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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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste,
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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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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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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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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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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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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But oars alone can ne’er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
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