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William Cowper quotes: Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home. Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.
William Cowper quotes: Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood. Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
William Cowper quotes: What is it but a map of busy life,Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns? What is it but a map of busy life,
Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
William Cowper quotes: There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart; he does not feel for man. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart; he does not feel for man.
William Cowper quotes: But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!
William Cowper quotes: I am out of humanity's reach. I am out of humanity's reach.
William Cowper quotes: Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze. Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze.
William Cowper quotes: Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.
William Cowper quotes: The beggarly last doit. The beggarly last doit.
William Cowper quotes: God moves in mysterious waysHis wonders to performs God moves in mysterious ways
His wonders to performs
William Cowper quotes: Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
William Cowper quotes: As if the world and they were hand and glove. As if the world and they were hand and glove.
William Cowper quotes: Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.
William Cowper quotes: Some people are more nice than wise. Some people are more nice than wise.
William Cowper quotes: We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too. We turn to dust, and all our mightiest works die too.
William Cowper quotes: But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
William Cowper quotes: When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair. When I thinkof my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
William Cowper quotes: When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins. When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
William Cowper quotes: But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.
William Cowper quotes: The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl. The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.
William Cowper quotes: He 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. He 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 Cowper quotes: No one was ever scolded out of their sins. No one was ever scolded out of their sins.
William Cowper quotes: And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most. And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
William Cowper quotes: They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
William Cowper quotes: Blest be the art that can immortalize,the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it. Blest be the art that can immortalize,
the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.
William Cowper quotes: Oh winter, king of fire side enjoyments, home born happiness. Oh winter, king of fire side enjoyments, home born happiness.
William Cowper quotes: Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit.
William Cowper quotes: Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies ... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes. Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies ... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
William Cowper quotes: [My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her. [My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her.
William Cowper quotes: How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home. How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
William Cowper quotes: Folly ends where genuine hope begins. Folly ends where genuine hope begins.
William Cowper quotes: Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
William Cowper quotes: All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;Object of my implacable disgust. All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;
Object of my implacable disgust.
William Cowper quotes: Still ending, and beginning still! Still ending, and beginning still!
William Cowper quotes: The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man. The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.
William Cowper quotes: Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown. Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.
William Cowper quotes: If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one. If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
William Cowper quotes: Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair. Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
William Cowper quotes: A noisy man is always in the right. A noisy man is always in the right.
William Cowper quotes: Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
William Cowper quotes: A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters. A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.
William Cowper quotes: The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.
William Cowper quotes: Religion does not censure or excludeUnnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued. Religion does not censure or exclude
Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued.
William Cowper quotes: Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
William Cowper quotes: Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn. Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
William Cowper quotes: Heaven's harmony is universal love. Heaven's harmony is universal love.
William Cowper quotes: Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.
William Cowper quotes: But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question putTo Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply. But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put
To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.
William Cowper quotes: Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day. Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day.
William Cowper quotes: When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile
William Cowper quotes: To see the Law by Christ fulfilled, And hear His pardoning voice Changes a slave into a child, And duty into choice. To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear His pardoning voice
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
William Cowper quotes: Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
William Cowper quotes: He that runs may read. He that runs may read.
William Cowper quotes: What we admire we praise; and when we praise,Advance it into notice, that its worthAcknowledged, others may admire it too. What we admire we praise; and when we praise,
Advance it into notice, that its worth
Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
William Cowper quotes: Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat,To peep at such a world; to see the stirOf the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd. Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat,
To peep at such a world; to see the stir
Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
William Cowper quotes: No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
William Cowper quotes: Grief is itself a medicine. Grief is itself a medicine.
William Cowper quotes: There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot. There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
William Cowper quotes: Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.
William Cowper quotes: The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
William Cowper quotes: Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much. Wisdom is humble that he knows not more. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much. Wisdom is humble that he knows not more.
William Cowper quotes: Spare feast! a radish and an egg. Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
William Cowper quotes: Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they. Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
William Cowper quotes: But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world. A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm. But it is a sort of April-weather life that we lead in this world. A little sunshine is generally the prelude to a storm.
William Cowper quotes: No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road. No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
William Cowper quotes: Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much. Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.
William Cowper quotes: Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper quotes: Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams. Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams.
William Cowper quotes: Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both. Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
William Cowper quotes: Misery still delights to traceIts semblance in another's case. Misery still delights to trace
Its semblance in another's case.
William Cowper quotes: Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd,And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few. Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd,
And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.
William Cowper quotes: The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow. The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow.
William Cowper quotes: Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive. Habits are soon assumed; but when we strive to strip them off, 'tis being flayed alive.
William Cowper quotes: The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue. The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.
William Cowper quotes: Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.
William Cowper quotes: Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost. Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.
William Cowper quotes: The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.
William Cowper quotes: Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing. Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.
William Cowper quotes: Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.
William Cowper quotes: 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. 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.
William Cowper quotes: 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. 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.
William Cowper quotes: Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours. Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.
William Cowper quotes: Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt. Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William Cowper quotes: It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme. It chills my blood to hear the blest Supreme Rudely appealed to on each trifling theme.
William Cowper quotes: Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought. Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.
William Cowper quotes: For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it comes to light, In every cranny but the right. For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it comes to light, In every cranny but the right.
William Cowper quotes: Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.
William Cowper quotes: The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs. The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.
William Cowper quotes: Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history. Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.
William Cowper quotes: Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry. Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry
Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
William Cowper quotes: Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,Exhilirate the spirit, and restoreThe tone of languid nature. Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilirate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid nature.
William Cowper quotes: We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.
William Cowper quotes: He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech.
William Cowper quotes: Domestic happiness, thou only blissOf paradise that has surviv'd the fall! Domestic happiness, thou only bliss
Of paradise that has surviv'd the fall!
William Cowper quotes: Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away. Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
William Cowper quotes: Skins may differ, but affectionDwells in white and black the same. Skins may differ, but affection
Dwells in white and black the same.
William Cowper quotes: But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt Have each their record, with a curse annex'd. But many a crime deemed innocent on earth Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.
William Cowper quotes: No, Freedom has a thousand charms to showThat slaves, howe'er contented, never know. No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show
That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
William Cowper quotes: The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. The parson knows enough who knows a Duke.
William Cowper quotes: They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own. They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.

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