O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms, Than reign in this horrible place.
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The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, 'Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more.'William Cowper
How fleet is a glance of the mind Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light.
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No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest, till half mankind were, like himself, possest.
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Oh for a closer walk with God.
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The sounding jargon of the schools.
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There is in souls a sympathy with sounds And as the mind is pitch'd, the ear is pleased With melting airs or martial, brisk, or grave Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.
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