 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 sider
...fcience ; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueeza! By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 sider
...fcience ; blinds The cycfight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofc that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thylofs of empire, and though fqucez'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 sider
...; blinds • The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee, therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueezM By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 sider
...fcience ; blinds Tlie eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, "With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 sider
...fcience ; blinds The eye-fight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs .of empire, and -though fqueez'd... | |
 | 482 sider
...fcience; blinds The eye-fight of difcovery, and begets, In thofe that futTerit, a.ibrdid mind, l!i:(li;il, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thoU art, • With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqucez'd... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 sider
...fcience; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry; and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind BeftiaJ, a meagre intellect, unfit TO be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 sider
...only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 sider
...fcience ; blinds The eyfight of difcov'ry ; and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Bettial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form, Thee thece.ore irill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lots of empire, and though fqueei'd By... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 sider
...only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit... | |
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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... 
