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But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre he that runs may read.

But truths on which depends our main concern, That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn, Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a lustre he that runs may read.

William Cowper

Running, Reading, Shining

William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.277

Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul, to Greece, and into Noah's Ark.

William Cowper

Home, Dark, Space

"Retirement" l. 691 (1782)

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

William Cowper

Judgment, Should, Mischief

Devit v. College of Dublin, Gilbert Eq. Ca. 249, as quoted in "The Dictionary of Legal Quotations" by James William Norton-Kyshe (1904), p. 176, 1720.

Transforms old print To zigzag manuscript, and cheats the eyes Of gallery critics by a thousand arts.

William Cowper

Art, Eye, Cheat

William Cowper, John Bruce (F.S.A.) (1866). “Poetical Works”, p.49

Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours.

William Cowper

Providence, Mines

William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.163

The mind, relaxing into needful sport, Should turn to writers of an abler sort, Whose wit well managed, and whose classic style, Give truth a lustre, and make wisdom smile.

William Cowper

Sports, Reading, Giving

William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.113

All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.

William Cowper

Giving, Reform, Charity

William Cowper (1872). “Table talk, Truth, Expostulation, Hope, Charity, and other poems”, p.108

Religion, if in heavenly truths attired, Needs only to be seen to be admired.

William Cowper

Religion, Needs, Heavenly

William Cowper (1830). “Poems ... With a sketch of his life and a vindication of his religious principles and character. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. [With a portrait.]”, p.64

The man that dares traduce, because he can with safety to himself, is not a man.

William Cowper

Men, Safety, He Man

William Cowper (1874). “The poetical works of William Cowper, ed: with notes and biographical introd. by William Benham”, p.96

Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse.

William Cowper

Despair, Milk, Purpose

William Cowper (1853). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel”, p.78

A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun, It gives a light to every age, It gives, but borrows none.

William Cowper

Light, Giving, Age

William Cowper (1855). “The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems : Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence”, p.677

Sin let loose speaks punishment at hand.

William Cowper

Hands, Punishment, Speak

William Cowper (1872). “Table Talk”, p.58

In man or woman, but far most in man, And most of all in man that ministers, And serves the altar, in my soul I loathe All affectation. 'Tis my perfect scorn: Object of my implacable disgust.

William Cowper

Men, Perfect, Soul

William Cowper (1853). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper: With Life ; Six Engravings on Steel”, p.140