William Cowper Quotes on Virtue
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True Charity, a plant divinely nurs'd.
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Sweet stream that winds through yonder glade, Apt emblem of a virtuous maid Silent and chaste she steals along, Far from the world's gay busy throng: With gentle yet prevailing force, Intent upon her destined course; Graceful and useful all she does, Blessing and blest where'er she goes; Pure-bosom'd as that watery glass, And Heaven reflected in her face.
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Shine by the side of every path we tread With such a luster, he that runs may read.
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A moral, sensible, and well-bred man Will not affront me, and no other can.