Quote #3
Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, While meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
More from William Cowper
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- Fate steals along with silent tread, Found oftenest in what least we dread, Frowns in the storm with angry brow, But in the sunshine strike…
- Absence from whom we love is worse than death, And frustrate hope severer than despair.
- True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
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- Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.