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" There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man. The natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. "
Poems - Page 185
by William Cowper - 1850 - 514 pages
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...flefh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own; and, having pow'r i T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and...
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Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1801 - 280 pages
...in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as^he flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own; and, having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond. Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ! and, having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...pain'd, 5 My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is fill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does...feel for man ; the natural bond Of Brotherhood is sever'd, as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is filled....asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilt}' of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is filled....natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax, That fella asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a fltin Not coloured like his own;...
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The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the ..., Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - Abolitionists - 1808 - 596 pages
...flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man. The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own, and having pow'r T* inforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...flesh in man's obdurate heart ; It does not feel for man. The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd, as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own i and haying power T" enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own! and, having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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The Task: A Poem in Six Books

William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own ; and, having pow'r T' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes...
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