William Cowper quotes - page 9

I seem forsaken and alone, I hear the lion roar And every door is shut but one, And that is Mercy's door. (William Cowper)
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds And as the mind is pitch'd, the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk, or grave Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies. View quote
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Remorse begets reform. View quote
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The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking. View quote
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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 . . . . View quote
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Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head. View quote
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England, with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! View quote
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Man disavows, and Deity disowns me hell might afford my miseries a shelter therefore hell keeps her ever-hungry mouths all bolted against me. View quote
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E'vn in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor much consol'd, That here and there some sprigs of mournful mint, Or nightshade, or valerian, grace the well He cultivates. View quote
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A man renowned for repartee will seldom scruple to make free with friendship's finest feeling, will thrust a dagger at your breast, and say he wounded you in jest, by way of balm for healing. View quote
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Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry enjoy'd at home, And Nature, in her cultivated trim Dress'd to his taste, inviting him abroad Can he want occupation who has these. (William Cowper)
And differing judgments serve but to declare That truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where. View quote
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Th embroidry of poetic dreams. View quote
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Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home But elegance, chief grace the garden shows, And most attractive, is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. View quote
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I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. View quote
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Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old in drawing nothing up. View quote
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Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia give the world repose. View quote
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When was public virtue to be found when private was not. View quote
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I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know. View quote
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Did Charity prevail, the press would proveA vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. View quote
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The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man. (William Cowper)
Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand. View quote
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All zeal for a reform, that gives offenceTo peace and charity, is mere pretence. View quote
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Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. . . . When I can find no other occupation, I think and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme. View quote
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule. View quote
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