...end. Age without cheerfulness is a Lapland without a sun. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. Love what you ought to do, and you can easily do it ; oiled wheels run freely. Never speak unless you...

...inferior gift of Heaven. Palamon and Arcite, Bk. II. j. DKYDEN. 'T is liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. The Task, Bk. V. w. COWPER. I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on...

...unbelieving, and Harvey quoted his father more than ever. CHAPTER II. "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." — Gowper. night after Mary and Ada were sound asleep, Carrol stole out of the house and went straight...

...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...on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 459 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets, In those...

...he was never weary of quoting the lines about liberty :— Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are...constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men Is evil. It was this association of solid doctrine with genial en>'thusiasm and high ideals, that distinguished...

...Dissenters]. (Letter to von Spaen.) COMMITTAL TO THE TOWER, 1677. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." — COWPER. When the Declaration of Indulgence was annulled, in consequence of the opposition of the...

...nature unassisted and oppressed. Well has Cowper said, ' "Tis liberty alone which gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it.' Charles Sumner characterized this speech as "of earnest, truthful eloquence — better for his memory...

...of the one, it ought to do so with the other also.* " Tis liberty which gives the flower A fitting life — its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint. Except what wispont lays on evil men, is evil — Hurts their faculties, impedes their progress In the road to...

...following passage, so as to express the thoughts contained in it in a manner appropriate to a prose style : All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil, hurts the faculties, and impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets, In...

...souffrance, nne domination injuste ». Et Cowper chantait: « 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume And we are weeds without it. Ail constraint Except what wisclom lays on evil men Is evil ». 1 Ce résumé trop bref et fragmentaire...