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Elegant as simplicity, and warm As ecstasy.

William Cowper

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William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
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Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Simplicity
Warm
Elegant
Ecstasy

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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
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Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.
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Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.
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The parable of the prodigal son, the most beautiful fiction that ever was invented our Saviour's speech to His disciples, with which He closed His earthly ministrations, full of the sublimest dignity and tenderest affection, surpass everything that I ever read and like the spirit by which they were dictated, fly directly to the heart.
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Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
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A heretic, my dear sir, is a fellow who disagrees with you regarding something neither of you knows anything about.
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This fond attachment to the well-known place Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.
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We bear our shades about us self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.
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The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
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When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?
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No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.
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Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.
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Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
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No wisdom that she may gain by experience and reflection hereafter, will compensate the loss of her present hilarity.
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Nature, exerting an unwearied power, Forms, opens, and gives scent to every flower Spreads the fresh verdure of the field, and leads The dancing Naiads through the dewy meads.
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They fix attention, heedless of your pain, With oaths like rivets forced into the brain And e'en when sober truth prevails throughout, They swear it, till affirmance breeds a doubt.
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Religion, richest favor of the skies.
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The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl.
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Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.
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