Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. — William Cowper Admired Copy Share Image
Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word! — William Cowper Heavenly Copy Share Image
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. — William Cowper Honey Copy Share Image
Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace. — William Cowper Accomplishment Copy Share Image
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees. — William Cowper Knees Copy Share Image
Fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home. — William Cowper Circuits Copy Share Image
She that asks Her dear five hundred friends, contemns them all, And hates their coming. — William Cowper Asks Copy Share Image
O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign… — William Cowper Horrible Copy Share Image
Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser… — William Cowper Books Copy Share Image
They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their… — William Cowper Birth Copy Share Image
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… — William Cowper Humanity Copy Share Image
Anticipated rents, and bills unpaid, Force many a shining youth into the shade, Not to redeem his time, but his estate, And… — William Cowper Bills Copy Share Image
Visits are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not that, would do nothing. — William Cowper Fit Copy Share Image
Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it. — William Cowper Art Copy Share Image
If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one. — William Cowper Despise Copy Share Image
Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong,… — William Cowper Accounts Copy Share Image
I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fire-side enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd retirement,… — William Cowper Born Copy Share Image
Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne.… — William Cowper Coast Copy Share Image
The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what… — William Cowper Cry Copy Share Image
The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most… — William Cowper Care Copy Share Image
All flesh is grass. and all its glory fades Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind; Riches have wings, and grandeur… — William Cowper Celebrate Copy Share Image
Go, mark the matchless working of the power That shuts within the seed the future flower; Bids these in elegance of form… — William Cowper Beauty Copy Share Image
They love the country, and none else, who seek For their own sake its silence and its shade. Delights which who would… — William Cowper Capable Copy Share Image
Could he with reason murmur at his case, Himself sole author of his own disgrace? — William Cowper Cases Copy Share Image
Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will. — William Cowper Compassion Copy Share Image
A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can. — William Cowper Affront Copy Share Image
An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting. — William Cowper Epigram Copy Share Image
Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love. — William Cowper And love Copy Share Image
The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man. — William Cowper Dare Copy Share Image
Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. — William Cowper Authorship Copy Share Image
The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. — William Cowper Bitter Copy Share Image
Far happier are the dead methinks than they who look for death and fear it every day. — William Cowper Death Copy Share Image
Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. — William Cowper Decision making Copy Share Image
For when was public virtue to be found Where private was not? — William Cowper Found Copy Share Image
But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. — William Cowper Ease Copy Share Image
A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels — William Cowper Business Copy Share Image
Misery still delights to trace Its semblance in another's case. — William Cowper Cases Copy Share Image
