 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 - Strana 109podľa William Cowper - 1817Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - Počet stránok 342
...erected by the peasants of the late Count Bernstoff, iu gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'er Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1808 - Počet stránok 338
...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 - Počet stránok 604
...Of fleeting; life its lustre and perfume, And we arc weeds without it. All constraint, Except.what and, ' Sir ! you have an Eye'— • Go on, obliging creatures, make me see \11 that disg.rac'd my Be blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Besiiul, a meagre... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - Počet stránok 212
...liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds withoutit. All constraint} Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - Počet stránok 228
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. I 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, la those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a... | |
 | G. Paterson - 1811 - Počet stránok 648
...for a moment absorbed in the greatness of their punishment ; I exclaimed with enthusiasm, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. " When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the camp, the employments of the women,... | |
 | Nicholas C. Pitta - 1812 - Počet stránok 294
...they had a disrelish, on their being relinquished, and following others more congenial to their taste. -All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind — Bestial,... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - Počet stránok 282
...without Ottt a dread of oppression from a fellowbeing '!"* ' 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, . And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Kxcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - Počet stránok 500
...proceedings of Rodolphus, and procure a release from this unjust confinement. CHAP. CHAP. XI. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we art weeds without it. All constraint, . » £xcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - Počet stránok 636
...elements of true happiness. After expatiating on the great blessings of political liberty, which, " gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without it," he goes on to speak of A liberty unsung, By poets and by senators unpraised, Which mouarchs cannot... | |
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