...Cowper frequently speaks of God as action, movement, work. In Book 6 of The Tcuk, for instance, he says, Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is...secret fire By which the mighty process is maintain'd, Who sleeps not, is not weary; in whose sight Slow circling ages are as transient days; Whose work is...

...the end of this book. William Cowper 1 Introduction The Lord of all, himself through all diffus'd, Sustains, and is the life of all that lives. Nature is but a name for an effect, Whose cause is God. —William Cowper, The Task,* VI, 221-24) Whosoever is free from the contamination of luxury and licence,...

...admiration of the beauties of nature (remembering at the same time the words of [Cowper], my favourite poet, "Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God") as if I were 200 miles from the great city." Kensington Gore was in many ways an ideal home. But as...

...the beauties of nature (remembering at the same time the words of my favourite poet [William Cowper], "Nature is but a name for an effect, whose cause is God") as if I were 200 miles from the great city.'67 Furthermore, he really did see more of his children,...

...become that which we truly are. Salvation itself lies in this most powerful of all aspects of Truth. Nature is but a name for an Effect, Whose cause is God. William Cowper (1731-1800) existence and Illusion Man, in his ignorance, identifies himself with the...