Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
He that attends to his interior self, That has a heart, and keeps it; has a mind That hungers, and supplies it;… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.” — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Learning itself, received into a mind By nature weak, or viciously inclined, Serves but to lead philosophers astray, Where children would with… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
How fleet is a glance of the mind! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Strength may wield the ponderous spade, May turn the clod, and wheel the compost home; But elegance, chief grace the garden shows,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“Happy the bard, (if that fair name belong To him that blends no fable with his song) Whose lines uniting, by an… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the… — William Cowper Copy Share
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed. — William Cowper Copy Share
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose. — William Cowper Copy Share
Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade. — William Cowper Copy Share
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… — William Cowper Copy Share
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… — William Cowper Copy Share
“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon… — William Cowper Copy Share
A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your… — William Cowper Copy Share
Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away.… — William Cowper Copy Share
The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue. — William Cowper Copy Share
