FastSaying
The man that is not moved with what he reads,
That takes not fire at their heroic deeds,
Unworthy of the blessings of the brave,
Is base in kind, and born to be a slave.
William Cowper
God
Fire
Man
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Man may dismiss compassion from his heart, but God never will
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Words pregnant with celestial fire.
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'Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, / To peep at such a world; to see the stir / Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd.
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Me, therefore, studious of laborious ease,
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Is but a loan to be repaid with use.
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When the British warrior queen, / Bleeding from the Roman rods, / Sought, with an indignant mien, / Counsel of her country's gods.
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