William Cowper Quotes - Page 13

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• Nature, exerting an unwearied power,
  Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower;
  Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads
  The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.

  William Cowper

  Nature, Flower, Giving

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.14

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• Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.

  William Cowper

  Giving, Contentment, Rich

  William Cowper (1854). “Poetical works of William Cowper (with selections from the works of Robert Lloyd [and others]) ed. by R. Bell”, p.58

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• Man in society is like a flow'r,
  Blown in its native bed. 'Tis there alone
  His faculties expanded in full bloom
  Shine out, there only reach their proper use.

  William Cowper

  Men, Shining, Society

  William Cowper, John MACDIARMID (Editor of the “Dumfries and Galloway Courier.”.) (1819). “Poems ... To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author; also, critical remarks on his poems, written expressly for this work. By John M'Diarmid. Second edition, revised and extended”, p.298

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• Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; wisdom is humble that he knows no more.

  William Cowper

  Knowledge, Humble, Rude

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 6 'The Winter Walk at Noon' l. 96

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• This cabin, Mary, in my sight appears,
  Built as it has been in our waning years,
  A rest afforded to our weary feet,
  Preliminary to - the last retreat.

  William Cowper

  Home, Sight, Years

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham, William Hayley (1835). “The Life and Works of William Cowper: His life and letters by William Hayley. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence”, p.172

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• A teacher should be sparing of his smile.

  William Cowper

  Education, Teacher, Teaching

  William Cowper, Robert Southey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper, Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations”, p.147

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• Those flimsy webs that break as soon as wrought, attain not to the dignity of thought.

  William Cowper

  Dignity, Break

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham (1835). “The works ¬of William Cowper: Poems : with an essay on the genius and poetry of Cowper”, p.210

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• [My kitten] is dressed in a tortoise-shell suit, and I know you will delight in her.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Shells, Delight

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• Good sense, good health, good conscience, and good fame,--all these belong to virtue, and all prove that virtue has a title to your love.

  William Cowper

  Titles, Virtue, Fame

  William Cowper, Robert Southey (1854). “The Works: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations : in Eight Volumes. ¬The poetical works, Vol. 1”, p.119

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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.

  William Cowper

  Men, Heroic Deeds, Mind

  William Cowper (1845). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.98

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• ... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Bears, Kitten

  William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.157

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• A Christian's wit is offensive light,
  A beam that aids, but never grieves the sight;
  Vig'rous in age as in the flush of youth,
  'Tis always active on the side of truth.

  William Cowper

  Christian, Grieving, Light

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• But what is truth? 'Twas Pilate's question put
  To Truth itself, that deign'd him no reply.

  William Cowper

  Truth

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.186

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• There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.

  William Cowper

  Clerks, Sparks, Preaching

  William Cowper, John Smythe MEMES (1861). “The Letters of William Cowper. Edited by Rev. J. S. Memes. [With a Portrait.]”, p.82

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• Religion! what treasure untold resides in that heavenly word!

  William Cowper

  Religion, Treasure, Heavenly

  William Cowper, Robert Southey, William Harvey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author”, p.181

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• He that runs may read.

  William Cowper

  Running, Reading, May

  William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.104

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• The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.

  William Cowper

  Friendship, Men, Needs

  'Friendship' (1782) l. 169

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• Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home.

  William Cowper

  Home, Imagination, Fancy

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• A moral, sensible, and well-bred manWill not affront me, and no other can.

  William Cowper

  Moral, Courtesy, Manners

  William Cowper, “Conversation”

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• Man on the dubious waves of error toss'd.

  William Cowper

  Men, Errors, Dubious

  Cowper: Poetical Works Truth l. 1

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• Without one friend, above all foes, Britannia gives the world repose.

  William Cowper

  Giving, World, England

  William Cowper (1855). “The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life, and Critical Notice of His Writings. Eight Engravings on Steel”, p.370

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• As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon, So sophistry, cleaves close to, and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects.

  William Cowper

  Ivy, Rotten, Stones

  'The Progress of Error' (1782) l. 285

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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 raised by mere mechanic powers.

  William Cowper

  Summer, Water, May

  William Cowper, “Conversation”

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• Great contest follows, and much learned dust Involves the combatants; each claiming truth, And truth disclaiming both.

  William Cowper

  Dust, Contests, Contention

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 3 'The Garden' l. 161

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• O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?

  William Cowper

  Sweet, Heart, Men

  William Cowper, James Thomson (1832). “The Works of Cowper and Thompson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never Before Published in this Country. With a New and Interesting Memoir of the Life of Thomson”, p.67

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