The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
WILLIAM COWPERExistence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything.
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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Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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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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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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