Quote

What we admire we praise and when we praise, Advance it into notice, that its worth Acknowledged, others may admire it too.

William Cowper

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Cowper
Age: 68 †
Born: 1731
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: April 25
Hymnwriter
Poet
Poet Lawyer
Translator
Writer
Berkhamsted
Hertfordshire
Praise
Worth
Others
May
Acknowledged
Advance
Notice
Admire

More quotes by William Cowper

Image
I am out of humanity's reach.
William Cowper
Image
We bear our shades about us self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.
William Cowper
Image
No traveler e'er reached that blest abode who found not thorns and briers in his road.
William Cowper
Image
Me howling blasts drive devious, tempest-tossed, / Sails ripped, seams opening wide, and compass lost.
William Cowper
Image
Not to understand a treasure's worth till time has stole away the slighted good, is cause of half the poverty we feel, and makes the world the wilderness it is.
William Cowper
Image
Religion Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None as invincible as they.
William Cowper
Image
Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt all mock thee for a prey They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay.
William Cowper
Image
The man that hails you Tom or Jack, and proves by thumps upon your back how he esteems your merit, is such a friend, that one had need be very much his friend indeed to pardon or to bear it.
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper
Image
Religion does not censure or exclude Unnumbered pleasures, harmlessly pursued.
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper
Image
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds.
William Cowper
Image
Spare feast! a radish and an egg.
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper
Image
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.
William Cowper
Image
Absence of occupation is not rest.
William Cowper
Image
A lawyer's dealings should be just and fair Honesty shines with great advantage there.
William Cowper
Image
When from soft love proceeds the deep distress, ah! why forbid the willing tears to flow?
William Cowper
Image
... she, that will with kittens jest, Should bear a kitten's joke.
William Cowper
Image
Pity! Religion has so seldom found A skilful guide into poetic ground! The flowers would spring where'er she deign'd to stray And every muse attend her in her way.
William Cowper