Best William Cowper Thoughts
- Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours. Alone
- But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we… Concern
- The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a… Abler
- All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence. All
- Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired. Admired
- The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man. Dare
- Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of… Acrid
- A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none. Age
- Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand. Hand
- Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. Air
- I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for… All
- Spring hangs her infant blossoms on the trees, Rock'd in the cradle of the western breeze. Blossoms
- A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But… Applied
- Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords… Art
- Words learn'd by rote a parrot may rehearse, But talking is not always to converse, Not more distinct from harmony divine The constant creaking of… Constant
- And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile. Address
- Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He… Abstains
- The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow. Care
- No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar. All
- We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree. Bear
- Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain; God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. Blind
- The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue. Earth
- When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow? Ah
- 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. Drink,… Base
- Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone,… Days
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