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William Cowper
English
Poet
Born:
Nov 26
,
1731
Died:
Apr 25
,
1800
Absence
God
He
Heart
Man
Who
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Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
William Cowper
Selfish
Guilt
Shame
Principles
Glory
Built
Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
William Cowper
Satan
Trembles
Weakest
Sees
He
Knees
Saint
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
Plants
Way
Mysterious
He
Perform
Footsteps
His
Wonders
Moves
Storm
Sea
Rides
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
William Cowper
Wisdom
Knowledge
Humble
More
Knows
Proud
Much
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
William Cowper
Gardening
Garden
Too
Greenhouse
Loves
Who
Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper
Happiness
Life
Strange
True Happiness
Owes
Everything
Ourselves
Only
Purpose
True
Existence
Squandering
Owe
Little
Us
Bargain
Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.
William Cowper
Sad
Love
Death
Hope
Love Is
Despair
Worse
Absence
Than
Frustrate
Whom
They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.
William Cowper
Wisdom
Truth
Weed
Honey
Lead
Whom
Gather
Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
William Cowper
Mind
Rest
Distressed
Absence
Occupation
Quite
Vacant
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
William Cowper
Man
Mistakes
Every
Every Step
Way
Rarely
He
Step
Instinct
Leads
Known
His
His Way
Whilst
Meaner
Reasoning
Whom
Stray
Things
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
William Cowper
World
Rest
Half
Wild
Possessed
Enthusiast
Could
Like
Him
Till
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