4 William Cowper Quotes on Suffering

William Cowper quotes on suffering

1. Absence from whom we love is worse than death, And frustrate hope severer than despair.

19. No voice divine the storm allay'd, No light propitious shone; When, snatch'd from all effectual aid, We perish'd, each alone; But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulphs than he.

59. There is mercy in every place, And mercy, encouraging thought! Gives even affliction a grace And reconciles man to his lot.

78. Detested sport, That owes its pleasures to another's pain.