 Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide.  Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...fkill, Bend the ftrait rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for .a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize, Che leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidle to the goal with aukward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 334 pages
...J3c»i-.l the ftraight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidlc to the goal with auk ward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 380 pages
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will, And with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. ' Halting on crutches of unequal fize, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies, They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 378 pages
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will ; And, with a clear and fhining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize ; One leg by truth fupported, one by lies; They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1801 - 280 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint stamp their image in each other's mints Each, sire and dam of an infernal race, Begetting and conceiving... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 362 pages
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and mining lamp fupplied> Firft put it out, then take it for a guide, Halting on crutches of unequal fi/.e, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies ; They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 316 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size1, One leg by truth supported, one by lies; They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
 | James Lackington - 1808 - 200 pages
...be) at once, not only eradicated the remains of Methodism, but also nearly the whole of Christianity. Faults in the life, breed errors in the brain, And...those again ; The mind and conduct, mutually imprint, Anil stamp their image on each other's mint. COWPEH. After the heterogeneous example of John Buncle,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 390 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...— but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errours in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 422 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...— but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errours in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. The mind and conduct mutually imprint And... | |
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