01c. 1765 ADMen deal with life as children with their play, / Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.William Cowper / quote ↗
05c. 1765 ADNone but an author knows an author's cares, / Or Fancy's fondness for the child she bears.William Cowper / quote ↗
06c. 1765 ADOars alone can ne'er prevail / To reach the distant coast; / The breath of heav'n must swell the sail, / Or all the toil is lost.William Cowper / quote ↗
07c. 1765 ADOh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, / Some boundless contiguity of shade, / Where rumour of oppression and deceit, / Of unsuccessful or successful war, / May never reach me more.William Cowper / quote ↗
08c. 1765 ADPoor though I am, despised, forgot, / Yet God, my God, forgets me not; / And he is safe, and must succeed, / For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.William Cowper / quote ↗
09c. 1765 ADReligion, if in heavenly truths attired, / Needs only to be seen to be admired.William Cowper / quote ↗
10c. 1765 ADStillest streams oft water finest meadows, / And the bird that flutters least is longest on the wing.William Cowper / quote ↗
13c. 1765 ADThere's mercy in every place, / And mercy, encouraging thought, / Gives even affliction a grace, / And reconciles man to his lot.William Cowper / quote ↗
15c. 1765 ADVariety's the very spice of life, / That gives it all its flavour.William Cowper / quote ↗
16c. 1765 ADWar is a game which, were their subjects wise, kings should not play at.William Cowper / quote ↗
17c. 1765 ADWe sacrifice to dress till household joys and comforts cease. Dress drains our cellar dry and keeps our larder lean.William Cowper / quote ↗
18c. 1765 ADWhen nations are to perish in their sins, / 'Tis in the Church the leprosy begins; / The priest, whose office is, with zeal sincere, / To watch the fountain and preserve it clear, / Carelessly nods and sleeps upon the brink, / While others poison what the flock must drink.William Cowper / quote ↗
20c. 1765 ADWisdom is a pearl; with most success / Sought in still water and beneath clear skies.William Cowper / quote ↗
21c. 1765 ADYe fearful saints, fresh courage take; / The clouds ye so much dread / Are big with mercy, and shall break / In blessings on your head.William Cowper / quote ↗
23c. 1765 ADHabits are soon assumed—acquired—but when we strive to strip them off,—if of long standing—'tis being flayed alive!William Cowper / quote ↗
24c. 1765 ADMy ear is pained, my soul is sick with every day's report of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.William Cowper / quote ↗
