God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERA 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.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Remorse, the fatal egg by pleasure laid, In every bosom where her nest is made, Hatched by the beams of truth, denies him rest, And proves a raging scorpion in his breast.
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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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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life’s long race.
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A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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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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Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
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Absence of occupation is not rest.
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The proud are ever most provoked by pride.
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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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They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
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The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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