William Cowper Quotes
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The Cross! There, and there only (though the deist rave, and the atheist, if Earth bears so base a slave); There and there only, is the power to save.
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Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
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He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.
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All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn; Object of my implacable disgust.
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Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss'd his horse.
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No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
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Some write a narrative of wars and feats, Of heroes little known, and call the rant A history.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unseen, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss.
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Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds; The swell of pity, not to be confined Within the scanty limits of the mind.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
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Grief is itself a medicine.
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No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.
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Mercy to him that shows it, is the rule.
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Some people are more nice than wise.
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With spots quadrangular of diamond form, ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, and spades, the emblems of untimely graves.
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In indolent vacuity of thought.
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When scandal has new-minted an old lie, Or tax'd invention for a fresh supply, 'Tis call'd a satire, and the world appears Gathering around it with erected ears; A thousand names are toss'd into the crowd, Some whisper'd softly, and some twang'd aloud, Just as the sapience of an author's brain, Suggests it safe or dangerous to be plain.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Men deal with life as children with their play, Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.
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Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same.
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The man to solitude accustom'd long, Perceives in everything that lives a tongue; Not animals alone, but shrubs and trees Have speech for him, and understood with ease, After long drought when rains abundant fall, He hears the herbs and flowers rejoicing all.