William Cowper Quotes
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Strange as it may seem, the most ludicrous lines I ever wrote have been written in the saddest mood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head
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.
Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain.
When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile
To see the Law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear His pardoning voice
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
And hear His pardoning voice
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
What we admire we praise; and when we praise,
Advance it into notice, that its worth
Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
Advance it into notice, that its worth
Acknowledged, others may admire it too.
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.
To peep at such a world; to see the stir
Of the Great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
There is mercy in every place. And mercy, encouraging thought gives even affliction a grace and reconciles man to his lot.
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
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.
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.
Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.
Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing.
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.
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.
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.
Misses! the tale that I relate This lesson seems to carry
Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
Choose not alone a proper mate, But proper time to marry.
Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilirate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid nature.
Exhilirate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid nature.
We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.
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.