Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
WILLIAM COWPERPride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.
More William Cowper Quotes
-
-
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn
WILLIAM COWPER -
We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
WILLIAM COWPER -
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Still ending, and beginning still.
WILLIAM COWPER -
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep me there.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
WILLIAM COWPER -
War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
WILLIAM COWPER -
The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
WILLIAM COWPER -
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
WILLIAM COWPER -
The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.
WILLIAM COWPER