Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies… To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
WILLIAM COWPEREvents of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
More William Cowper Quotes
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Remorse begets reform.
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A fool must now and then be right, by chance
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Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
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God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another’s pain.
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The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
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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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The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.
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Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine?
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The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
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It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
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God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm.
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The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
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