Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Poems - Page 48by William Cowper - 1803 - 363 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1879 - 474 pages
...coming, but on the small scale in the growth of sin in every man's breast. The poet has said, that "faults in the life breed errors in the brain, and these reciprocally those again." But here we read a greater truth. Ungodliness and unrighteousness are the two parents of all evil;... | |
| William Cowper - 1853 - 520 pages
...Bend the ftraight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and mining lamp fupplied, Firft put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal fize, One leg by truth fupported, one by lies ; They fidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 460 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, 556 Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will, And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing—but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these, reciprocally,... | |
| William Cowper - 1854 - 806 pages
...ends— But not the mischiefs ; they, still left behind, Like thistle seeds, are sown by every wind. 555 First put it out, then take it for a guide. Halting on crutches of unequal size, 560 One leg by truth supported, one by lies ; They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing—but... | |
| William Cowper - 1855 - 798 pages
...'amp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. " Halting on crutches of unequal size, 660 One leg by truth supported, one by lies ; They sidle...— but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errours in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. 565 The mind and conduct mutually imprint... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855 - 590 pages
...mysterious. " Tbus men go wrong with au ingenious skill, Bend the strict rule to their own crooked will, And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide !" This general fault we find throughout the whole course of education — beginning with its first... | |
| William Chauncey Fowler - 1855 - 786 pages
...attention first of all upon himself — that was inevitable. — DE Q.UINCEY. CS Note I. — a. Errors in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally those again. CS b. Some place the bliss in action, some in ease ; Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.... | |
| William Cowper - 1856 - 512 pages
...wind. Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First...They sidle to the goal with awkward pace, Secure of nothing—but to lose the race. Faults in the life breed errors in the brain, And these reciprocally... | |
| 1857 - 1824 pages
...Christian." Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide. Thus, with some preachers, the Old Testament writiugs seem to bt' altogether superfluous ; and with... | |
| John Baillie - 1857 - 380 pages
...says : " Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill, Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And, with a clear and shining lamp supplied, First put it out, then take it for a guide." It is because Perthes has himself been driven upon truth by the inward necessities of an accusing conscience... | |
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