Distress Quote by William Cowper

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“When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?”

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And hast thou sworn on every slight pretence, Till perjuries are common as bad pence, While thousands, careless of the damning sin, Kiss the…

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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.

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

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“The good we never miss we rarely prize”

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Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

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Stamps God's own name upon a lie just made, To turn a penny in the way of trade.

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But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is…

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“Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"...”

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But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if…

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Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

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“When we don't pray, we quit the fight. Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright. And Satan trembles when he sees. The weakest saint upon…

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But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear.

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You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your…

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This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.

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“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful…

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They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on…

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I believe that what so saddens the reformer is not his sympathy with his fellows in distress, but, though he be the holiest son…

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