 | William Cowper - 1817 - 248 pages
...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, Except...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of DiscoVry; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...only to destroy. 'Tis liherty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; hlinds The eyesight of discovery ; and hegets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 pages
...ouly to destroy. . Tis liherty 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 : harts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; hlinds The eyesight of discovery... | |
 | William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blind* The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blame-worthy as thou act, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1819 - 644 pages
...flower Of fleeting life its lustre uml perfume; '' , And we arc weeds without it. All constraint c¡.. Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progrett in the road of Science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and hrgttt Jn them that suffer... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1820 - 644 pages
...kept regular shops. 'Tis liberly alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except...blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In them that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 pages
...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, Except...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight a( Discovery ; and begets, 11 In those that s ifflr it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...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. Except...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. Thee... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 278 pages
...only to destroy. 'T is liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1821 - 246 pages
...it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays, on evil men, Is evil : butts the faculties, impedes N 3 Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those that sufier it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.... | |
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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... 
