 Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own.  Poems - Page 251by William Cowper - 1790 - 298 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - 1845 - 498 pages
...irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 3 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Bound on a voyage of awful length, Through dangers little known,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. 108 THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'T is here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ;... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pages
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain, But passion rudely snaps the string, And it rerives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ;... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 292 pages
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'T is here the folly of the wise, Through all his art, we view;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...smart the spring Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent. But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his heart we view... | |
 | Robert Cassie Waterston - 1848 - 702 pages
...irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Bound on a voyage of awful length, Through dangers little known... | |
 | 1849 - 550 pages
...irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - 1849 - 558 pages
...irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. Bound on a voyage of awful length, Through dangers little known,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 740 pages
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain, But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part, Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'T is here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view,... | |
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