 Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The...  Poems - Side 176av William Cowper - 1812Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1802 - 302 sider
...through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it....on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those... | |
 | 1801 - 432 sider
...bowed with the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All...intellect — unfit To be the tenant of MAN'S noble form ! The Patriot and Martyr are thus also finely contrasted :— Patriots have toil'd, and in their country's... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 sider
...comfort of mankind, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, 101 And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...progress in the road of science, blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 sider
...of freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that " all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In those that softer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 320 sider
...freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that • all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eye sight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 sider
...through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it....progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit 'o... | |
 | 1806 - 408 sider
...chief Recommendation of (COPPER.) 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r. •Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, ., ' >n \if JseviJ; hurts the faculties, impedes • •••! tf-vrr.'l Their progress in the road... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 sider
...exquisitely that all constraint 'Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; harts the facoJttes, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begeis In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - 338 sider
...to destroy. 'Tis liherty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; . i And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes o 3 Their progress in the road of science ; hlind « in V/ The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and hegets,... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 sider
...Of fleeting; life its lustre and perfume, And we arc weeds without it. All constraint, Except.what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil, hurts the faculties,...progress in the road of science; blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Besiiul, a meagre intellect, unfit To be... | |
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