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True Pleasures.

By William Cowper

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Lord, my soul with pleasure springs,     When Jesus name I hear;     And when God the Spirit brings     The word of promise near:     Beauties too, in holiness,     Still delighted I perceive;     Nor have words that can express     The joys thy precepts give.     Clothed in sanctity and grace,     How sweet it is to see     Those who love thee as they pass,     Or when they wait on thee:     Pleasant too, to sit and tell     What we owe to love divine;     Till our bosoms grateful swell,     And eyes begin to shine.     Those the comforts I possess,     Which God shall still increase,     All his ways are pleasantness,[1]     And all his paths are peace.     Nothing Jesus did or spoke,     Henceforth let me ever slight;     For I love his easy yoke,[2]     And find his burden light.

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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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