Wells Quotes by William Cowper

11 Wells quotes by William Cowper

Cowper’s gentle lyricism finds a quiet voice in wells, producing eleven short verses that blend nature and sentiment. The collection feels like a modest, soothing stroll through his poetic garden.

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A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.

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For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it comes to light, In…

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The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style,…

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A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows;…

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Even in the stifling bosom of the town, A garden, in which nothing thrives, has charms That soothes the rich possessor; much…

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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway,…

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The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what…

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But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons…

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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…

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A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration,…

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Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner;…

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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

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Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

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“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”

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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…

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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

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“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…

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But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.

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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your…

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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.…

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The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.

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