 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
 | Henry George Bohn, Anna Lydia Ward - 1911 - Počet stránok 784
...of the good they seek. 2674 Cowper : Task. Bk. v Line 373 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. 2675 Cowper : Task. Bk. v. Line 445. Oh, could I worship aught beneath the skies, That earth has seen... | |
 | 1851 - Počet stránok 702
...the known and admitted influence of freedom in developing the higher faculties of man. " "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume." History verifies this sentiment. Its voice distinctly declares, that freedom is the great moving power... | |
 | Esmé Wingfield-Stratford - 1913 - Počet stránok 668
...Thus, in " The Task," Cowper passes by an easy transition from one idea to the other : " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it." Like so many of his countrymen, he is careful to contrast the polite servility of the French with the... | |
 | 1913 - Počet stránok 264
...of virtuous liberty la worth a whole eternity in bondage. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. Cowper: Task. — The wish, which ages have not yet subdued In man, to have no master save his mood.... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - Počet stránok 952
...please) As dreadful as the Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty so killing ' — was his last. Thus on Mteander's...drawn Clarissa down, Chloe stepp'd in, and kill'd 450 Their progress iu the road of scieuce ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets, In those... | |
 | Lucius Hudson Holt - 1915 - Počet stránok 956
...please) As dreadful as the Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty Ь ys on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress iu the road of science;... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - Počet stránok 858
...please) 140 As dreadful as the Manichean god,8 Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty aker novice to pcrforme thy will; Lay forth out of thine everlasting seryne4 The antique rolle 145 ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK THE GIFT OF MY COUSIN, ANN BODHAM (C. 1790)... | |
 | Henry Spackman Pancoast - 1915 - Počet stránok 852
...please) 140 As dreadful as the Manichean god,' Adored through fear, strong; only to destroy. 'Tis liberty n l f% Arid we are weeds without it. 145 ON THE RECEIPT OF MY MOTHER'S PICTURE OUT OF NORFOLK THE GIFT OF... | |
 | 1916 - Počet stránok 292
...quote Cowper's lines when I thought something was being done to interfere with my liberty: '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. Well— freedom... | |
 | 1916 - Počet stránok 550
...radical, cursing tyranny in its various forms, or weeping over the woes of the poor : ' ' 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. "si "Fled are those times when, in harmonious strains. The rustic poet praised his native plains. No... | |
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