[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPER[My kitten’s] gambols are not to be described, and would be incredible, if they could.
WILLIAM COWPERTea – the cups that cheer but not inebriate.
WILLIAM COWPERHe that has seen both sides of fifty has lived to little purpose if he has no other views of the world than he had when he was much younger.
WILLIAM COWPERNow 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 COWPERThere is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
WILLIAM COWPERThe innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
WILLIAM COWPERI will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
WILLIAM COWPERIf my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
WILLIAM COWPEREngland 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.
WILLIAM COWPERGod moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERRemorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.
WILLIAM COWPERDeep in unfathomable mines Of never failing skill He treasures up his bright designs,
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
WILLIAM COWPERA fool must now and then be right, by chance
WILLIAM COWPER…So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
WILLIAM COWPERThus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.
WILLIAM COWPER