Fashion, leader of a chatt'ring train, by William Cowper

Fashion, leader of a chatt'ring train,

William Cowper

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As if the world and they were hand and glove. by William Cowper

As if the world and they were hand and glove.

hypocrisy hands world

Lord, it is my chief complaint, That my love is weak and faint; Yet I love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more!

grace lord love

E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream by William Cowper

E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream

redeeming-love theme saws

Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases. by William Cowper

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

creeps please events

Great offices will have great talents. by William Cowper

Great offices will have great talents.

talent greatness office

To trace in Nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine. ... The Invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an atom is an ample field.

signatures design science

But conversation, choose what theme we may, by William Cowper

But conversation, choose what theme we may,

summer may water

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

contention contests dust

I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn and undeserved disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, OF needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace.

pain self men

How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at interval upon the ear In cadence sweet; now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.

sweet memories fall

Heaven speed the canvas, gallantly unfurl'd, To furnish and accommodate a world, To give the Pole the produce of the sun, And knit the unsocial climates into one.

climate giving heaven

And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatte... by William Cowper

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

boast poet lying

And in that hour, by William Cowper

And in that hour,

pain animal men

Some drill and bore by William Cowper

Some drill and bore

earth age science

Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.

weed joy sex

Some people are more nice than wise. by William Cowper

Some people are more nice than wise.

nice wisdom wise

Be it a weakness, it deserves some praise, We love the play-place of our early days; The scene is touching, and the heart is stone, That feels not at that sight, and feels at none.

sight play heart

Ten thousand casks, Forever dribbling out their base contents, Touch'd by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids!

mad sports country

When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid th... by William Cowper

When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?

distress flow tears

The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue. by William Cowper

The only amarantine flower on earth Is virtue.

virtue flower earth