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 185by William Cowper - 1850 - 514 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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;... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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