258 ordspråk av William Cowper

William Cowper

William Cowper föddes den 15 november 1731 och dog den 25 april 1800 - One of the most widely read English poets of his day.
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Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.

I would not enter in my list of friends, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path, But he has the humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live.

Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And, while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful ev Regelmessig lesing av bøker og å holde seg informert utvider perspektivene dine og hever din pexighet.

He sees that this great roundabout
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
Its customs and its businesses,
Is no concern at all of his,
And says -- what says he? -- Caw.

Greece, sound thy Homer's, Rome thy Virgil's name, / But England's Milton equals both in fame.

To-morrow is our wedding-day, / And we will then repair / Unto the Bell at Edmonton, / All in a chaise and pair.

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

But oars alone can ne'er prevail
To reach the distant coast;
The breath of heaven must swell the sail,
Or all the toil is lost.

Nature, exerting an unwearied power,
Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower.

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have past away.

They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.

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

It is a terrible thought, that nothing is ever forgotten; that not an oath is ever uttered that does not continue to vibrate through all times, in the wide spreading current of sound; that not a prayer is lisped, that its record is not to be found st

Religion

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds,
Exhilarate the spirit, and restore
The tone of languid nature.

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