 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pagine
...alone, that gives the flow'r 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 progress in the road of science ; blinds Thn eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In Ihoso... | |
 | Joseph Sturge - 1842 - 360 pagine
...alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfum e ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind. ****** Unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form." COWPER. LONDON : HAMILTON,... | |
 | 1842 - 144 pagine
...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,...The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form."... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pagine
...alone, that gives the flow'r 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 progress in the road of science ; blinds Tho eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those... | |
 | Reasons - 1843 - 68 pagine
...liberty which gives the flower A fitting life—its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, is evil— Hurts their faculties—impedes their progress In the road to science,—and begets, In those who suffer... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pagine
...alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its luatre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. or grim. Sec, brother, see how graciously She looketh...wind ! Second Voice. The air is cut away before, And suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1845 - 378 pagine
...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,...eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that sufler it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, — Thee I account still happy, and the chief... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 922 pagine
...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,...The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1845 - 376 pagine
...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,...eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, — Thee I account still happy, and the chief... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pagine
...and perfume ; And we are weeds without it ! All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, /* evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress...science, blinds The eyesight of discovery, and begets * The suffering author of " The Task," himself a descendant of royalty, seems peculiarly fitted to... | |
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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... 
