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Thy Quotes by William Cowper
- England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country!
- 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.
- England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be…
- If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a…
- How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree,…
- Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame.
- Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
- O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible…
- O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
More Thy Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
- O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams. — Saint Augustine
- The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of… — Saint Augustine
- Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation… — Marcus Aurelius
- And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last. — Marcus Aurelius
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede
- Let age, not envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks. — Thomas Browne