 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
 | 1842 - Počet stránok 144
...Greece and Rome. And why was it? Because the noble faculties of the mind were enslaved. '"Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre... | |
 | Joseph Sturge - 1842 - Počet stránok 360
...JOSEPH STTJRGE. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfum e ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. ****** Unfit... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - Počet stránok 162
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds Tho eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - Počet stránok 166
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...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... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1843 - Počet stránok 316
...Task, he thus eings— Y2 " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre ajid perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind,— Bestial—a... | |
 | Reasons - 1843 - Počet stránok 68
...supplies us with an excellent answer:— " 'Tis liberty which gives the flower A fitting life—its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it....Except what wisdom lays on evil men, is evil— Hurts their faculties—impedes their progress In the road to science,—and begets, In those who suffer... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 746
...Where love is mere attachment to the throne, Not to the man who fills it as he ought. 'Tis liberty blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - Počet stránok 738
...the man who fills it as he ought. Tie liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its luatre laugh and shout with joy!' She kissed blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre... | |
 | William Murison - 1910 - Počet stránok 416
...following passage, so as to express the thoughts contained in it in a manner appropriate to a prose style : All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil, hurts the faculties, and impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets, In... | |
 | William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord - 1911 - Počet stránok 820
...LIBRARY AMERICAN STATE PAPERS 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its luster and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of discovery; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. Bestial, a meager... | |
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