William Cowper ( 10 of 184 )
Dream after dream ensues;
And still they dream that they shall still succeed;
And still are disappointed.
Dream after dream ensues;
And still they dream that they shall still succeed;
And still are disappointed.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
By low ambition and the thirst of praise.
But truths on which depends our main concern,
That 'tis our shame and misery not to learn,
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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.
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.
Still ending, and beginning still.
Still ending, and beginning still.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
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Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told,
A truth still sacred, and believed of old,
That no success attends on spears and swords
Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?
The mind, relaxing into needful sport,
Should turn to writers of an abler sort,
Whose wit well read more
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.
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.
Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!
Domestic Happiness, thou only bliss
Of Paradise that hast survived the Fall!
