 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...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Página 4321853Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | 1802 - 302 páginas
...can please) As dreadful as the 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... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 páginas
...freedom as circumstances will permit. And, involving much of the dignity and 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 what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts... | |
 | James Hingston Tuckey - 1805 - 272 páginas
...punishment ; J exclaimed with enthusiasm, ; ; *'•* • • • v . ••. . • • i '• ,;t "Pis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, Ari4 we are weeds without it, ; v « i When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 páginas
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the 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... | |
 | Sir John Carr - 1806 - 342 páginas
...it was erected by the peasants of the 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 weeds without it. COWPER. Curiosity led me one day into the principal court of judicature... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 páginas
...As dreadful as the Manichean god, - . • .' 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,. -.-.. .. ..-... | |
 | G. Paterson - 1811 - 648 páginas
...vices was for a moment absorbed in the greatness of their punishment ; I exclaimed with enthusiasm, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. " When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the camp,... | |
 | Mary Hill (novelist.) - 1813 - 500 páginas
...mysterious proceedings of Rodolphus, and procure a release from this unjust confinement. CHAP. CHAP. XI. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we art weeds without it. All constraint, . » £xcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts... | |
 | Henry Ker - 1816 - 392 páginas
...brought to my mind so forcibly the lines of a favourite poet, that I could not help exclaiming, " Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we ait; weeds without it." At dark I encamped, after having come nearly five miles. I now examined... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 páginas
...please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Adored through fear, strong 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 what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts... | |
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