William Cowper

“The good we never miss we rarely prize”

— William Cowper

I am out of humanity's reach.

— William Cowper

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

— William Cowper

In indolent vacuity of thought.

— William Cowper

“Their tameness is shocking to me.”

— William Cowper

Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

— William Cowper

All we behold is miracle.

— William Cowper

With all my faults, I love thee still.

— William Cowper

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

— William Cowper

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock, it never is at home.

— William Cowper

The bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.

— William Cowper

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

— William Cowper

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart; he does not feel for man.

— William Cowper

When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.

— William Cowper

“Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all it's flavour.”

— William Cowper

God made the country, and man made the town.

— William Cowper

The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as…

— William Cowper

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

— William Cowper

Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The…

— William Cowper

My soul is sick with every day's report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.

— William Cowper

How readily we wish time spent revoked, that we might try the ground again where once--through inexperience, as we now perceive--we missed…

— 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…

— William Cowper

Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to…

— William Cowper

“Knowledge dwells in heads replete with thoughts of other men; wisdom in minds attentive to their own.”

— William Cowper

Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need…

— William Cowper

To impute our recovery to medicine, and to carry our view no further, is to rob God of His honor, and is…

— William Cowper

Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so…

— William Cowper

But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought Of freedom, in that hope itself possess All that the contest calls for; spirit,…

— William Cowper

And in that hour, The seeds of cruelty, that since have swell'd To such gigantic and enormous growth, Were sown in human…

— William Cowper

“The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be, Help me to tear it from thy throne, And worship only thee.…

— William Cowper

Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the…

— William Cowper

When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears…

— William Cowper

I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms,…

— William Cowper

“Happy the bard, (if that fair name belong To him that blends no fable with his song) Whose lines uniting, by an…

— William Cowper

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

— William Cowper

Alas! if my best Friend, who laid down His life for me, were to remember all the instances in which I have…

— William Cowper

Fashion, leader of a chatt'ring train, Whom man for his own hurt permits to reign Who shifts and changes all things but…

— William Cowper

Mansions once Knew their own masters, and laborious hinds, That had surviv'd the father, serv'd the son. Now the legitimate and rightful…

— William Cowper

The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade Pants for the refuge of some rural shade, Where all his long anxieties forgot Amid…

— William Cowper

“Hatred and vengeance, my eternal portion, Scarce can endure delay of execution, Wait with impatient readiness to seize my Soul in a…

— William Cowper