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True And False Comforts.

By William Cowper

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O God, whose favourable eye     The sin-sick soul revives,     Holy and heavenly is the joy     Thy shining presence gives.     Not such as hypocrites suppose,     Who with a graceless heart     Taste not of thee, but drink a dose,     Prepared by Satans art.     Intoxicating joys are theirs,     Who, while they boast their light,     And seem to soar above the stars,     Are plunging into night.     Lulld in a soft and fatal sleep,     They sin, and yet rejoice;     Were they indeed the Saviours sheep,     Would they not hear his voice?     Be mine the comforts that reclaim     The soul from Satans power;     That make me blush for what I am,     And hate my sin the more.     Tis joy enough, my All in All,     At thy dear feet to lie;     Thou wilt not let me lower fall,     And none can higher fly.

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William Cowper

About William Cowper

William Cowper (1731–1800) was an English poet and hymnodist whose work bridges the gap between the Augustan age and Romanticism. His poems "The Task" and "John Gilpin" were enormously popular, and his hymn "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" remains widely sung.

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