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Domestic happiness, thou only blissOf Paradise that has survived the fall. (William Cowper)
Freedom hath a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know. View quote
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Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. View quote
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Made poetry a mere mechanical art. View quote
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The solemn fop significant and budge A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge. View quote
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Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strikes the blow. View quote
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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. View quote
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But war 's a game which were their subjects wise Kings would not play at. View quote
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For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right. View quote
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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy. View quote
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Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. (William Cowper)
Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ, The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. View quote
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His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home. View quote
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Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. View quote
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Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,Exhilarate the spirit, and restoreThe tone of languid nature. View quote
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There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles man to his lot. View quote
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The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the land where sorrow is unknown. View quote
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Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink'd. View quote
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There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emmanuel's veins And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. View quote
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While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. View quote
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T is Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours. (William Cowper)
But Conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers. View quote
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I am out of humanity's reach. I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech; I start at the sound of my own. View quote
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Oh for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame A light to shine upon the road That leads me to the Lamb. View quote
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Society, friendship, and love, Divinely bestowed upon man, Oh, had I the wings of a dove, How soon would I taste you again. View quote
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