 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 eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those...  The Task - Page 135by William Cowper - 1825 - 220 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...fcience ; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueeza! By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...; blinds • The eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee, therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueezM By public exigence,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...fcience ; blinds The cycfight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofc that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thylofs of empire, and though fqucez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...fcience ; blinds Tlie eyefight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, "With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...fcience ; blinds The eye-fight of difcov'ry, and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind Beftial, a meagre intellect, unfit, To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs .of empire, and -though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lol's of empire, and though fquccz'd hafte officious brings Ifer blamelefs off'rin;* to the (hi me of kings ftate, Thce I account ftill happy, and the chief Among the nations, feeing thou art free ! My native... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...form. Thee therefore uill, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fquctz'd By public exigence till annual food Fails for the craving hunger of the ftate, Thet I account ftill happy, auJ the chief Among the nations, feting thou art free ' My native... | |
 | 482 pages
...fcience; blinds The eye-fight of difcovery, and begets, In thofe that futTerit, a.ibrdid mind, l!i:(li;il, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thoU art, • With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqucez'd By public exigence... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...fcience; blinds The eyefight of difcov'ry; and begets, In thofe that fuffer it, a fordid mind BeftiaJ, a meagre intellect, unfit TO be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore ftill, blame-worthy as thou art, With all thy lofs of empire, and though fqueez'd By public exigence... | |
 | 1797 - 332 pages
...GOVERNMENTS. fhte therefore, flill blame-worthy as thou art, with all thy lufs of empire, and though fejucez'd by public exigence till annual food fails for the craving hunger of the ftare, thtt I account ftill hapiy. and the chief among the nations, feeing thou art FREE ' ity native... | |
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