 The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them...  Poems - Page 206by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Conduct of life - 1881 - 428 pages
...humanity, tbrewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. For they are ali — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His sovereign wisdom made them ali. ARTICLE IV. CONVERSATION. 1. Pronunciatiou should... | |
 | William Cowper - 1881 - 680 pages
...paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free 16 live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your sons To love... | |
 | Young people - 1882 - 608 pages
...interfere, his right and claim Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His Sovereign wisdom made them all.' " I am, yours truly, "MO" We shall be glad to hear... | |
 | Education - 1883 - 270 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs* Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 232 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — ' As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first ; Who, in His sovereign wisdom, made them all. You, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons... | |
 | Recitations - 1884 - 780 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs ; Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love inercy, teach your sons To... | |
 | Loomis Joseph Campbell - Elocution - 1884 - 442 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — > As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His sovereign wisdom made them alL 5. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons... | |
 | Gordon Stables - Adventure stories - 1884 - 192 pages
...strength alone had saved them." THE STAG-BEETLE. CHAPTER XI. " They arc all, the meanest things that be, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His sovereign wisdom made them all."— COWPER. "TTTE had just finished lunch by ' '... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are— As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His sovVeign Wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1886 - 396 pages
...man's convenience, health, Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in His sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
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