Nathaniel Cotton Quotes

• Hold the fleet angel fast until he bless thee.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Angel, Bless, Thee

  John Gilbert Cooper, Nathaniel Cotton (1822). “The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton”, p.268

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• On God for all events depend; You cannot want when God's your friend. Weigh well your part and do your best; Leave to your Maker all the rest.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Events, Want, Action

  John Gay, Nathaniel Cotton, Edward Moore (1826). “Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives”, p.251

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• We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For, if our stock be very small, 'Tis prudent to enjoy it all, Nor lose the present hour.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Contentment, Prudent, Kind

  Nathaniel Cotton, “The Fire-Side”

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• If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam. The world has nothing to bestow From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Happiness, Lying, Home

  Nathaniel Cotton (1800). “Poems by Nathaniel Cotton: With the Author's Life”, p.83

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• Be mine that silent calm repast,
  A conscience cheerful to the last:
  That tree which bears immortal fruit,
  Without a canker at the root;
  That friend which never fails the just,
  When other friends desert their trust.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Roots, Tree, Cheerful

  John Gilbert Cooper, Nathaniel Cotton (1822). “The Poems of Cooper, and Cotton”, p.274

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• I stew all night in my own grease.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Night, Punishment, Grease

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 649-652, Virgil Travestie, p. 35, 1922.

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• To be resigned when ills betide,
  Patient when favours are deni'd,
  And pleas'd with favours given, -
  Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part;
  This is that incense of the heart
  Whose fragrance smells to heaven.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Heart, Smell, Heaven

  "The Fireside, stanza 11". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.

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• Yet still we hug the dear deceit.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Hug, Deceit, Dear

  Nathaniel Cotton (1791). “Various Pieces in Verse and Prose: Many of which Were Never Before Published”, p.166

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• Thus hand in hand through life we 'll go; Its checker'd paths of joy and woe With cautious steps we 'll tread.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Life, Hands, Joy

  Nathaniel Cotton (1791). “Various Pieces in Verse and Prose”, p.69

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• Tis reason's part
  To govern and to guard the heart,
  To lull the wayward soul to rest,
  When hopes and fears distract the breast;
  Reason may calm this doubtful strife,
  And steer thy bark through various life.

  Nathaniel Cotton

  Heart, Soul, May

  Nathaniel Cotton (1812). “The Poetical Works of Nathaniel Cotton: Collated with the Best Editions”, p.77

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