 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 页
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 350 页
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | 1802 - 302 页
...Manichean god, Ador'd through 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, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their... | |
 | 1801 - 432 页
...fine passages in behalf of Liberty — at whose shrine he bowed with the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 页
...late Count Bernstoff, iu gratitude for their liberation : 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'er Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...advocates present, who wore embroidered capes and b!ue silk gowns. The laws of Denmark, with an exception to the forest laws, are simple and wholesome,... | |
 | 1806 - 408 页
...Alexander fell, So Haman, Caesar, Spencer, Wolsey, James. LIBERTY the chief Recommendation of (COPPER.) 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r. •Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, ., ' >n \if JseviJ; hurts the faculties, impedes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 页
...• .' i Adored through fear, strong only to dtstrdy.. J 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its- lustre and perfume; And We are -weeds without it. All constrain^. Except \vha-t wisdom lays oh -evil men,. -.-.. .. ..- .: ,-• ItfO THE TASK. BCOK... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 页
...Manichean god, Adored through 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, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 212 页
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the M.anichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds withoutit. All constraint} Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 页
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. I 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...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... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. 
