 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 pages
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong 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 what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their... | |
 | 1801 - 432 pages
...fine passages in behalf of Liberty — at whose shrine he bowed with the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 pages
...late Count Bernstoff, iu gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'er Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...advocates present, who wore embroidered capes and b!ue silk gowns. The laws of Denmark, with an exception to the forest laws, are simple and wholesome,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 pages
...Alexander fell, So Haman, Caesar, Spencer, Wolsey, James. LIBERTY the chief Recommendation of (COPPER.) 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r. •Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, ., ' >n \if JseviJ; hurts the faculties, impedes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...• .' i Adored through fear, strong only to dtstrdy.. J 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its- lustre and perfume; And We are -weeds without it. All constrain^. Except \vha-t wisdom lays oh -evil men,. -.-.. .. ..- .: ,-• ItfO THE TASK. BCOK... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong 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 what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 456 pages
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 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the M.anichean 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 weeds withoutit. All constraint} Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. 
