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
WILLIAM COWPERYe fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
More William Cowper Quotes
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O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
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All we behold is miracle.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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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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We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
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Perhaps thou gav’st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Truth is the golden girdle of the globe.
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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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Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
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