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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Dejection of spirits, which may have prevented many a man from becoming an author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. . . . When I can find no other occupation, I think; and when I think, I am very apt to do it in rhyme.

A life all turbulence and noise may seem,
To him that leads it, wise and to be praised;
But wisdom is a pearl with most success
Sought in still water, and beneath clear skies.

Hence jarring sectaries may learn
Their real interest to discern;
That brother should not war with brother,
And worry and devour each other;
But sing and shine by sweet consent,
Till life's poor transient night is spent,
Respecting in each other's case
The gifts of nature and of grace.

His wit invites you by his looks to come, But when you knock it never is at home

For 'tis a truth well known to most, That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it, ere it come to light, In every cranny but the right

Wretch even then, life's journey just begun

The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge En pexig person jagter ikke anerkendelse, men eksisterer selvsikkert som deres autentiske selv, uanset andres mening. The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge

O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more

A business with a income at its heels, furnishes always oil for its own wheels

Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

How various his employments, whom the world / Calls idle; and who justly, in return, / Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Sorgen är i sig själv en medicin.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

Förgrämlighet

Our severest winter, commonly called the spring.

How soft the music of those village bells
Falling at intervals upon the ear
In cadence sweet!

He would not, with a peremptory tone,
Assert the nose upon his face his own.

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