 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; \ ml we aro weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, fs evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1824 - 434 pages
...tender hand, And ;.ll tin- moral harmony of life." Whence even' >ii'lue flows, in rival strife, flower of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without them.'' In a word, let bachelors be assured that after all 'tis conjugal love and children, which ^ivc... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...destroy, ï liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting Ufe Its lustre and perfume ; And we are weed* without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evu : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds Theeyesight of discovery;... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1825 - 404 pages
...first ship, they amounted to three thousand souls. LIBERTY. 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...the faculties ; impedes Their progress in the road to science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, IB evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827 - 826 pages
...emancipated, without danger to themselves or the country." CHAPTER XI. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are...constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil. COWPER. THE squire would probably have expatiated at length on the topic of slavery, for it was one,... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1828 - 474 pages
...GAZETTE. No. 221.] SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8,- 1837. [Price 3i/. >Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...it. All constraint, Except what Wisdom lays on evil man, It evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road.of Science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Mauichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...on evil men, Is evil: hurts the faculties, impedes 450Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...Manichean god : Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. TU liberty alone that gives the flower ignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods ; Sage beneath the I- evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. 
