 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...fills it as he ought. Tie liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its luatre and perfume ; ut with joy!' She kissed Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...it as he ought. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; y ancient sages, That love of life increased with...perceive, If old assertions can't prevail, Be pleased Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...FRENCH MANNERS. '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 facultiis, impedes Their progress in the road of science, blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1883 - 452 pages
...of humanity — " "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." " He is the Freeman whom the Truth makes free And all are slaves beside." The Task is essentially a... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 408 pages
...it as he ought. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
 | Samuel Wordsworth Bailey - 1874 - 732 pages
...children of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy brother shall... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 320 pages
...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, Except...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 - 1874 - 260 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...on evil men, Is evil; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discov'ry, and begets, In those... | |
 | William Cowper - 1874 - 304 pages
...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, Except...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... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 470 pages
...it as ho ought. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume : And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee therefore still, blameworthy as thou art, With all thy loss of empire, and though squeezed By... | |
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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... 
