 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 109autor/autoři: William Cowper - 1817Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 str.
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. Bestial, a... | |
 | 1802 - 302 str.
...please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 318 str.
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 | 1801 - 432 str.
...whose shrine he bowed with the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are...— impedes Their progress in the road of science — blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry — and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 320 str.
...freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that • all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eye sight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 526 str.
...late Count Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - 314 str.
...late Count Bernstoff, in gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature : it was a handsome large room,... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 str.
...as circumstances will permit. And, involving much of the dignity and comfort of mankind, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, 101 And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - 1805 - 272 str.
...; J exclaimed with enthusiasm, ; ; *'•* • • • v . ••. . • • i '• ,;t "Pis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, Ari4 we are weeds without it, ; v « i When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 456 str.
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