I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
WILLIAM COWPERThrows up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in
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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.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
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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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Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e’en in age, and at our latest day.
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, leads to the land where sorrow is unknown.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. 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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Still ending, and beginning still.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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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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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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