After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.
WILLIAM COWPERThrows up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
More William Cowper Quotes
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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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Some people are more nice than wise.
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
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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 bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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All we behold is miracle.
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