And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most. William Cowper More Quotes by William Cowper More Quotes From William Cowper The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man of trade William Cowper sweet retirement thinking He that attends to his interior self, William Cowper business self heart The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged. William Cowper earth mind men The few that pray at all pray oft amiss. William Cowper praying prayer God never meant that man should scale the Heavens William Cowper shining god men But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown! William Cowper crowns god art She that asks William Cowper friends hundred hate Fashion, leader of a chatt'ring train, William Cowper fashion hurt school Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, William Cowper deer england art We sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry, and keeps our larder lean. William Cowper sacrifice comfort joy All flesh is grass. and all its glory fades William Cowper flower dream death Oh, popular applause! what heart of man William Cowper heart sweet men Laugh at all you trembled at before. William Cowper laughing Greece, sound, thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, But England's Milton equals both in fame. William Cowper rome names sound An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will turn aside and let the reptile live. William Cowper reptiles crush humanity Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention. William Cowper trumpets gossip ears That good diffused may more abundant grow. William Cowper grows goodness may The Frenchman, easy, debonair, and brisk, Give him his lass, his fiddle, and his frisk, Is always happy, reign whoever may, And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away. William Cowper may giving laughing If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in. William Cowper gale half way Ever let the Fancy roam, Pleasure never is at home. William Cowper fancy imagination home
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