William Cowper Quotes About God

Quotes about: God

• Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will.

  William Cowper

  God, Heart, Men

  William Cowper, “The Task: Book Vi. -- The Winter Walk At Noon”

• God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

  William Cowper

  God, Beach, Moving

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

• God made the country, and man made the town.

  William Cowper

  God, Country, Men

  The Task bk. 1 "The Sofa" l. 749 (1785) See Abraham Cowley 2

• But, oh, Thou bounteous Giver of all good, Thou art, of all Thy gifts, Thyself thy crown!

  William Cowper

  God, Art, Crowns

  William Cowper (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.58

• God never meant that man should scale the Heavens
  By strides of human wisdom. In his works,
  Though wondrous, he commands us in his word
  To seek him rather where his mercy shines.

  William Cowper

  God, Men, Shining

  William Cowper (1855). “The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings”, p.152

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