 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 482 pages
...Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 "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 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 458 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...on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, 456 With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...men sutler it, their toy, the world. 7'iut, V. IS). LIBERTY. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Kxcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...XXXIV. THE ERA OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. AD 1688—1702. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Js evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 * 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r ; Of fleeting...lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. AH constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 pages
...seorn of danger, and united hearts, The surest presage of the good they seek. Сowpеr's Task. 'T is liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. Cowper's Task. The widow'd Indian, when her lord expires, Mounts the dread pile, and braves the funeral... | |
 | 1855 - 404 pages
...that he possesses a soul — that he is a man. Yes ; for " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it." He now has liberty — no longer a "weed." His social and political condition has undergone a wonderful... | |
 | Clement Moore Butler - 1856 - 308 pages
...that it may be the most truly and emphatically declared : " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are...evil ; hurts the faculties ; impedes Their progress iu a road of science, Blinds tho eyesight of discovery, and begets In those who suffer it a sordid... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it....evil: hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress iri the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those that suffer it, a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 pages
...destroy. 445 LIBERTY, THE CHIEF RECOMMENDATION OF BRITAIN. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, 444. Manichean god: The Manicheans were an heretical sect of the third century, who held the doctrine... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. 
