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title: "13 Sweet Quotes By William Cowper"
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> [O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/o-popular-applause-what-heart-of-man-is-proof-against-thy-sweet/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [Where penury is felt the thought is chain'd, And sweet colloquial pleasures are but few.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/where-penury-is-felt-the-thought-is-chain-d-and-sweet-colloquial/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [Trials make the promise sweet, Trials give new life to prayer; Trials bring me to His feet, Lay me low, and keep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/trials-make-the-promise-sweet-trials-give-new-life-to-prayer-trials/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-bud-may-have-a-bitter-taste-but-sweet-will-be-the-flower/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [How sweet, how passing sweet, is solitude! But grant me still a friend in my retreat, whom I may whisper, solitude is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/how-sweet-how-passing-sweet-is-solitude-but-grant-me-still-a-friend/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/what-peaceful-hours-i-once-enjoy-d-how-sweet-their-memory-still-but/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/i-am-out-of-humanity-s-reach-i-must-finish-my-journey-alone-never/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-statesman-lawyer-merchant-man-of-trade-pants-for-the-refuge-of/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [Come, evening, once again, season of peace; Return, sweet evening, and continue long! Methinks I see thee in the streaky west, With…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/come-evening-once-again-season-of-peace-return-sweet-evening-and/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [The spleen is seldom felt where Flora reigns; The low'ring eye, the petulance, the frown, And sullen sadness, that o'ershade, distort, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-spleen-is-seldom-felt-where-flora-reigns-the-low-ring-eye-the/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/oh-popular-applause-what-heart-of-man-is-proof-against-thy-sweet/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear In cadence sweet; now dying all away, Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/how-soft-the-music-of-those-village-bells-falling-at-interval-upon/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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> [Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/judge-not-the-lord-by-feeble-sense-but-trust-him-for-his-grace-behind/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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## Other authors on Sweet

## More by William Cowper

> [And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/and-hast-thou-sworn-on-every-slight-pretence-till-perjuries-are/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/no-wild-enthusiast-could-rest-till-half-the-world-like-him-was/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/admirals-extolled-for-standing-still-or-doing-nothing-with-a-deal-of/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [“The good we never miss we rarely prize”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-good-we-never-miss-we-rarely-prize/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/thus-happiness-depends-as-nature-shows-less-on-exterior-things-than/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/stamps-god-s-own-name-upon-a-lie-just-made-to-turn-a-penny-in-the-way/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-oars-alone-can-ne-er-prevail-to-reach-the-distant-coast-the/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/nature-is-but-a-name-for-an-effect-whose-cause-is-god/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-conversation-choose-what-theme-we-may-and-chiefly-when-religion/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/remorse-the-fatal-egg-that-pleasure-laid/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/when-we-don-t-pray-we-quit-the-fight-prayer-keeps-the-christian-s/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/but-animated-nature-sweeter-still-to-soothe-and-satisfy-the-human-ear/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/a-fretful-temper-will-divide-the-closest-knot-that-may-be-tied-by/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/ten-thousand-casks-forever-dribbling-out-their-base-contents-touch-d/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

> [The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-cowper/the-art-of-poetry-is-to-touch-the-passions-and-its-duty-to-lead-them/)

[William Cowper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-cowper/)

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