…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPERIf my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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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
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, “Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.”
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How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is sweet.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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