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William Cowper
216 quotes
“The beggarly last doit.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“He is the freeman whom the truth makes free.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“With filial confidence inspired, Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say, My Father made them all!”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“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. How soft the music of those village bells Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet!”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. Books are not seldom talismans and spells.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Some to the fascination of a name Surrender judgment hoodwink'd.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“An honest man, close-button'd to the chin, Broadcloth without, and a warm heart within.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre, he that runs may read.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Behind a frowning providence He hides a shining face.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Beware of desperate steps! The darkest day, Live till to-morrow, will have pass'd away.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“For 't is a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost, We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right.”
William Cowper (1731–1800) said by 1800 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source