William Cowper

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay. ↗

— William Cowper

#creep #dismay #feel #judgment #men

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. ↗

— William Cowper

#garden #greenhouse #loves #too #who

A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator. ↗

— William Cowper

#his #man #self-made #who #worships

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books. ↗

— William Cowper

#down #give #grow #head #heart

A fool must now and then be right, by chance. ↗

— William Cowper

#fool #must #now #now and then #right

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ↗

— William Cowper

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An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting. ↗

— William Cowper

#feeble #sting #straw #stuck #tail

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

#ceremony #depend #eternal #fight #find

God made the country, and man made the town. ↗

— William Cowper

#god #made #man #town

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 #his #moves #mysterious #perform