There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
WILLIAM COWPERAlas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have neglected Him, and to plead them against me in judgment, where should I hide my guilty head in the day of recompense?
More William Cowper Quotes
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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No traveler e’er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
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In a fleshly tomb, I am buried above ground.
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The still small voice is wanted.
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And natural in gesture; much impress’d Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
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Deep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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Accomplishments have taken virtue’s place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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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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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
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The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.
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