Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
WILLIAM COWPERHe 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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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock’d in the cradle of the western breeze.
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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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When nations are to perish in their sins, ’tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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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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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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Still ending, and beginning still.
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And works his sovereign will. Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head.
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Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
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All we behold is miracle.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
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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. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;
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