England, with all thy faults I love thee still, My country! William Cowper More Quotes by William Cowper More Quotes From William Cowper What is there in the vale of lifeHalf so delightful as a wife;When friendship, love and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine? William Cowper friendship-love anniversary wife But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost. William Cowper toil lost heaven Ceremony leads her bigots forth, prepared to fight for shadows of no worth. While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend. William Cowper shadow fighting truth God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm. William Cowper god beach moving Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much. William Cowper tire pleasure labor Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain. William Cowper hunting pain sports We are never more in danger than when we think ourselves most secure, nor in reality more secure than when we seem to be most in danger. William Cowper danger reality thinking This fond attachment to the well-known place William Cowper attachment race home Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing, William Cowper sound wings time Great offices will have great talents, and God gives to every man the virtue, temper, understanding, taste, that lifts him into life, and lets him fall just in the niche he was ordained to fill. William Cowper giving men fall Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it. William Cowper quench painting art Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. William Cowper wisdom mind relaxation Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture; much impress'd Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men. William Cowper grace simple men Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray. William Cowper intuition mistake men Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa around, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in William Cowper cheer fire fall No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. William Cowper politics political men 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 air heart Books are not seldom talismans and spells. William Cowper spells talismans book Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. William Cowper frowning grace judging Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. William Cowper greenhouses gardening garden
