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• And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

  William Cowper

  Tears, Addresses, May

  William Cowper (1854). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.74

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• The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.

  William Cowper

  Thinking, Bears, Rich

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• ...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

  William Cowper

  Night, Peaceful, Evening

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 4 'The Winter Evening' l. 34.

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• Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.

  William Cowper

  Events, Creeps, Please

  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.50

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• Men deal with life as children with their play,
  Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.

  William Cowper

  Life, Children, Men

  'Hope' (1782) l. 127

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• The only amaranthine flower on earth is virtue; the only lasting treasure, truth.

  William Cowper

  Inspirational, Flower, Treasure

  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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• I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

  William Cowper

  Slavery, Sugar, Pity

  William Cowper (1858). “Works of Cowper and Thomson”, p.122

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• What we admire we praise; and when we praise,
  Advance it into notice, that its worth
  Acknowledged, others may admire it too.

  William Cowper

  May, Praise, Admire

  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.26

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• Necessity invented stools,
  Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs,
  And luxury the accomplish'd Sofa last.

  William Cowper

  Luxury, Elbows, Lasts

  William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.159

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• Books are not seldom talismans and spells.

  William Cowper

  Book, Talismans, Spells

  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.297

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• Remorse begets reform.

  William Cowper

  Reform, Begets, Remorse

  William Cowper (1819). “Poems, etc”, p.331

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• God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

  William Cowper

  Judging, Resolution, Should

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• God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs

  William Cowper

  Moving, Way, Mysterious

  Olney Hymns "Light Shining Out of Darkness" l. 1 (1779)

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• Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace;
  Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
  His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour;The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flow’r. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan His work in vain; God is His own interpreter, And He will make it plain.

  William Cowper

  Sweet, Judging, Grace

  'Olney Hymns' (1779) 'Light Shining out of Darkness'

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• A noisy man is always in the right.

  William Cowper

  War, Men, Noisy

  William Cowper (1826). “Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery”, p.169

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• And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.

  William Cowper

  Lying, Poet, Boast

  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.47

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• Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

  William Cowper

  Judging, Grace, Frowning

  William Cowper (1851). “The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence”, p.671

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• Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen,
  Delightful industry enjoy'd at home,
  An Nature, in her cultivated trim
  Dress'ed to his taste, inviting him abroad -
  Can he want occupation who has these?

  William Cowper

  Friendship, Book, Home

  William Cowper, “The Task: Book Iii. -- The Garden”

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• A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.

  William Cowper

  Links, Body, Language

  'Conversation' (1782) l. 235

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• There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk or grave; Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.

  William Cowper

  Music, Heart, Air

  William Cowper (1822). “The poems of William Cowper”, p.136

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• O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!

  William Cowper

  Winter, Years, Inverted

  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.220

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• The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.

  William Cowper

  Sleep, Nurse, Sick

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 1 'The Sofa' l. 89

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• No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Loss, Reflection

  "The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the Author".

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• What is it but a map of busy life,
  Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?

  William Cowper

  Life, Maps, Busy

  William COWPER (1835). “The works of his life and letters”, p.37

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• Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

  William Cowper

  Garden, Greenhouses, Gardening

  William Cowper (1810). “The Task: A Poem. In Six Books”, p.89

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