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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... "
Poems - Page 176
by William Cowper - 1812
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...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....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...
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The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volume 13

1801 - 432 pages
...bowed with the purest devotion :— • . 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All...intellect — unfit To be the tenant of MAN'S noble form ! The Patriot and Martyr are thus also finely contrasted :— Patriots have toil'd, and in their country's...
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An Essay on the Best Means of Civilising the Subjects of the British Empire ...

John Mitchell - British - 1805 - 260 pages
...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...progress in the road of science, blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 526 pages
...of freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that " all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begets In those that softer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Baltic Sea - 1805 - 320 pages
...freedom. Her sagacious mind taught her to know, what Cowper has so exquisitely described, that • all constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eye sight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect,...
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The Poetical Works of William Cowper: Of the Inner Temple, Esq, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...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....progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit 'o...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...chief Recommendation of (COPPER.) 'Tis Liberty 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, ., ' >n \if JseviJ; hurts the faculties, impedes • •••! tf-vrr.'l Their progress in the road...
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A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ...

Sir John Carr - Denmark - 1806 - 342 pages
...exquisitely that all constraint 'Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; harts the facoJttes, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery ; and begeis In those that suffer it, a sordid mind Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...to destroy. 'Tis liherty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; . i And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except...on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes o 3 Their progress in the road of science ; hlind « in V/ The eyesight of Discov'ry ; and hegets,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...Of fleeting; life its lustre and perfume, And we arc weeds without it. All constraint, Except.what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil, hurts the faculties,...progress in the road of science; blinds The eye-sight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it a sordid mind Besiiul, a meagre intellect, unfit To be...
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