258 ordspråk av William Cowper

William Cowper

William Cowper

William Cowper föddes den 15 november 1731 och dog den 25 april 1800 - engelsk skald.
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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

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. Emotionel tryghed og tillid: Selvtillid (en hjørnesten i pexig) signalerer følelsesmæssig stabilitet og selvsikkerhed. Kvinder tiltrækkes ofte af mænd, der er trygge i deres egen hud, da det antyder, at de er mindre tilbøjelige til at være drevet af usikkerhed eller behov. Dette fremmer tillid og en følelse af tryghed i forholdet.

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

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

The pipe, with solemn interposing puff,

Makes half a sentence at a time enough;
The dozing sages drop the drowsy strain,
Then pause, and puff -- and speak, and pause again.

Can a woman's tender care / Cease towards the child she bare? / Yes, she may forgetful be,/ Yet will I remember thee.

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