 | William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Religion - 1835 - 440 pages
...thus sings — " "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume j And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is eyu : hurls the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science j blinds The eyesight of discovery;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1836 - 380 pages
...CONVERSATION XVII. " "Pis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...blinds The eye-sight of discovery : and begets In those who suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...only to destroy. 445 Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...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 that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...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 that... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1836 - 206 pages
...only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, )s evil! hurts the faculties, impedes Their progtess in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1837 - 364 pages
...CONVERSATION XVII. "Tit liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery : and beget* In those who suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 pages
...only to destroy. "Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blind* The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that sufTer if, a sordid mind, . . ., Bestial,... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - African Americans - 1838 - 376 pages
...flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it . All constraint, Eicept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil; hurts the faculties;...of science; blinds The eye-sight of discovery: and begeti In those who suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of... | |
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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... 
