 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 in the road of science ; blinds The...  Sidney Roemlee: A Tale of New England - Page 254by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827Full view - About this book
 | John Alexander Ferguson - 1975 - 540 pages
...the Trial. | | Brutus, thou sleep'st - - | Shakespeare. | 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the Flow'r | Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. - - Cowper. | - - | Edinburgh j Printed for and sold by Alexander Scott— Gazetteer office. 8vo. Pp.... | |
 | 1898
...Tokio, Japan, Junt, 1893. Individual Liberty. BY MINNIE MARTIN. \Vm. Cowper said, long years ago, that " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre anil perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All authority. Kxcept what wisdom lays on evil men. Is... | |
 | G. Kasturi - 1978 - 319 pages
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 | Bill Hutchings - 1983 - 246 pages
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 | Marshall Brown - 1991 - 500 pages
...of Cowper's experience. It divides bad societies from good: Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. (Task 5.446-48) It divides bad men from good: "But grace abus'd brings forth the foulest deeds, / As... | |
 | Thoemmes - 1994 - 16500 pages
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