The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them... Poems - Page 206by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
| Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. F.lse they are all— the meanest things that are, As tree to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 4. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons... | |
| William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...his rights and claims^ Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 5 Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons... | |
| William Withering - Botany - 1830 - 494 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all, — the meanest things that are, ' As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who, in His sovereign wisdom, made them all." COWPE».» With some complacency we turn from... | |
| Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1830 - 244 pages
...rights and claims, Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest tilings that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 4. Ye, therefore, who love merry, teach your sons... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest thinga that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
| William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that arc — my dear first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,^ who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
| Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all (the meanest things that are), As free to live, and to enjoy that life As Gcd was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who... | |
| William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish, theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, » 585 As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...his rights and claims .Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — -As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first. "Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Te, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To... | |
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