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• Blest be the art that can immortalize,--the art that baffles time's tyrannic claim to quench it.

  William Cowper

  Art, Painting, Quench

  William Cowper, Robert Southey, William Harvey (1837). “The Works of William Cowper: Posthumous poems. Translations from Vincent Bourne. Translations of the Latin and Italian poems of Milton. Epigrams translated from the Latin of Owen. Translations of Greek verses. Translations from the Fables of Gay. Adam: a sacred drama, translated from the Italian of Andreini”, p.65

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• And the tear that is wiped with a little address, May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

  William Cowper

  Tears, Addresses, May

  William Cowper (1854). “The Poetical Works of William Cowper”, p.74

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• The rich are too indolent, the poor too weak, to bear the insupportable fatigue of thinking.

  William Cowper

  Thinking, Bears, Rich

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• ...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

  William Cowper

  Night, Peaceful, Evening

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 4 'The Winter Evening' l. 34.

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• Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.

  William Cowper

  Events, Creeps, Please

  William Cowper, John William Cunningham, William Hayley (1835). “The Life and Works of William Cowper: His life and letters by William Hayley. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence”, p.50

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• Men deal with life as children with their play,
  Who first misuse, then cast their toys away.

  William Cowper

  Life, Children, Men

  'Hope' (1782) l. 127

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• Los compadezco mucho, pero debo ser mamá, porque ¿cómo podríamos vivir sin azúcar y ron?

  William Cowper

  Slavery, Sugar, Pity

  William Cowper (1858). “Works of Cowper and Thomson”, p.122

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

  William Cowper

  May, Praise, Admire

  William Cowper, Robert Southey, William Harvey (1835). “The Works of William Cowper: Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations. With a Life of the Author”, p.26

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• No one was ever scolded out of their sins.

  William Cowper

  Sin, Scolded

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• La necesidad inventó los taburetes,
  La conveniencia sugirió los sillones,
  y el lujo, el sofá.

  William Cowper

  Luxury, Elbows, Lasts

  William Cowper (1852). “Poems”, p.159

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• El remordimiento engendra la reforma.

  William Cowper

  Reform, Begets, Remorse

  William Cowper (1819). “Poems, etc”, p.331

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• Dios nos libre de que los Jueces bajo juramento tomen resoluciones para ampliar la jurisdicción.

  William Cowper

  Judging, Resolution, Should

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• Dios se mueve de maneras misteriosas Sus maravillas a realiza

  William Cowper

  Moving, Way, Mysterious

  Olney Hymns "Light Shining Out of Darkness" l. 1 (1779)

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• No juzgues al Señor por su débil sentido, sino confía en Él por su gracia;
  Detrás de una providencia ceñuda Él esconde un rostro sonriente.
  Sus propósitos madurarán rápidamente, Desplegándose cada hora; El brote puede tener un sabor amargo, Pero dulce será el fluir. La ciega incredulidad está segura de errar Y escudriñar Su obra en vano; Dios es Su propio intérprete, Y Él lo hará claro.

  William Cowper

  Sweet, Judging, Grace

  'Olney Hymns' (1779) 'Light Shining out of Darkness'

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• A noisy man is always in the right.

  William Cowper

  War, Men, Noisy

  William Cowper (1826). “Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery”, p.169

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• And, of all lies (be that one poet's boast) / The lie that flatters I abhor the most.

  William Cowper

  Lying, Poet, Boast

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.47

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• Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, but trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.

  William Cowper

  Judging, Grace, Frowning

  William Cowper (1851). “The Works of William Cowper: His Life, Letters, and Poems. Now First Completed by the Introduction of Cowper's Private Correspondence”, p.671

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• Hay en las almas una simpatía con los sonidos: Y a medida que la mente se afina el oído se complace con aires melosos, o marciales, enérgicos o graves; Algún acorde al unísono con lo que oímos se toca dentro de nosotros, y el corazón responde.

  William Cowper

  Música, Corazón, Aire

  William Cowper (1822). “The poems of William Cowper”, p.136

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• Amigos, libros, un jardín, y tal vez su pluma,
  Deliciosa industria disfrutada en casa,
  Una naturaleza cultivada
  Vestida a su gusto, invitándole al extranjero...
  ¿Puede querer ocupación quien tiene todo esto?

  William Cowper

  Friendship, Book, Home

  William Cowper, “The Task: Book Iii. -- The Garden”

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• A tale should be judicious, clear, succinct; The language plain, and incidents well link'd; Tell not as new what ev'ry body knows; and, new or old, still hasten to a close.

  William Cowper

  Links, Body, Language

  'Conversation' (1782) l. 235

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• ¡Oh Invierno, soberano del año invertido!

  William Cowper

  Invierno, Años, Invertido

  William Cowper (1856). “The task, Table talk, and other poems: With critical observations of various authors on his genius and character, and notes, critical and illustrative”, p.220

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• The nurse sleeps sweetly, hired to watch the sick, / whom, snoring, she disturbs.

  William Cowper

  Sleep, Nurse, Sick

  'The Task' (1785) bk. 1 'The Sofa' l. 89

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• Ninguna sabiduría que pueda adquirir en el futuro con la experiencia y la reflexión compensará la pérdida de su actual hilaridad.

  William Cowper

  Cat, Loss, Reflection

  "The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the Author".

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• Quien ama un jardín ama también un invernadero.

  William Cowper

  Garden, Greenhouses, Gardening

  William Cowper (1810). “The Task: A Poem. In Six Books”, p.89

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• What is it but a map of busy life,
  Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?

  William Cowper

  Life, Maps, Busy

  William COWPER (1835). “The works of his life and letters”, p.37

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