 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...  Lectures on the Life, Genius and Insanity of Cowper - Стр. 397авторы: George Barrell Cheever - 1856 - Страниц: 415Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Cowper - 1800 - Страниц: 438
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - Страниц: 350
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit... | |
 | 1802 - Страниц: 302
...fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - Страниц: 318
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 | 1801 - Страниц: 432
...the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...in the road of science — blinds The eye-sight of discov'ry — and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial — a meagre intellect —... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - Страниц: 260
...comfort of mankind, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, 101 And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form*. Nevertheless, in politics, (as in some... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - Страниц: 526
...of freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that " all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In those that softer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form."... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1805 - Страниц: 320
...freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that • all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eye sight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Страниц: 234
...fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint,...begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit 'o be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - Страниц: 456
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