 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 S. Skinner - 1824
...with a tender hand, And ;.ll tin- moral harmony of life." Whence even' >ii'lue flows, in rival strife, flower of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without them.'' In a word, let bachelors be assured that after all 'tis conjugal love and children, which ^ivc... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 131 pages
...destroy, ï liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting Ufe Its lustre and perfume ; And we are weed* without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evu : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science; blinds Theeyesight of discovery;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1825 - 220 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds .i The eyesight of Discovery... | |
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 | William Cowper - 1826
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of Discovery... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, IB evil : hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight... | |
 | 1826
...masterly production, the Task, he thus sings — ""fis liberty alone that gives the flower Of flveting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without...constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery;... | |
 | Henry Wheaton, William Pinkney - 1826 - 616 pages
...imbecility of human 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 weed* without it.' * *• . '• Again, it has been urged, ' that manumitted slaves will be, • as... | |
 | William Woodis Harvey - 1827 - 416 pages
...free and prosperous and happy. If liberty is a treasure next in value to existence itself, — if " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume," of that treasure are the Haytians in full and secure possession. At their head have been placed men... | |
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