Best William Cowper Sayings
- Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws… Bubbling
- And diff'ring judgments serve but to declare that truth lies somewhere, if we knew but where. Declare
- Heaven's harmony is universal love. Harmony
- But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease. Ease
- Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss. Bliss
- The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive. Day
- Th' embroid'ry of poetic dreams. Dream
- Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee… Adore
- Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons to love it, too. Love
- England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country! All
- But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. Animated
- A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or… Body
- Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours. Annoying
- We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most… Danger
- The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. Church
- The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge Amongst
- It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all… All
- God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable… Behind
- There is in souls a sympathy with sounds. Inspirational
- Spare feast! a radish and an egg. Egg
- Pleasure admitted in undue degree, enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. Admitted
- Ye fearful saints fresh courage take, The clouds you so much dread Are big with mercy and shall break, With blessings on your head Big
- Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom. Dog
- Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy. Ecstasy
- Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd, And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard: To carry nature lengths unknown before, To give a Milton birth,… Age
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