245 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.
Mer info via Google eller Bing. Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
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Unmissed but by his dogs and by his groom.
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Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor
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Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing
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War lays a burden on the reeling state, And peace does nothing to relieve the weight.
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We perished, each alone: / But I beneath a rougher sea, / And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.
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What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
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What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! / How sweet their memory still! / But they have left an aching void / The world can never fill.
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When the British warrior queen, / Bleeding from the Roman rods, / Sought, with an indignant mien, / Counsel of her country's gods.
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When this poor, lisping, stammering tongue/ Lies silent in the grave.
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When was public virtue to be found when private was not?
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay
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While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
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Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
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Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
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