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" Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. "
A Northern Summer: Or, Travels Round the Baltic, Through Denmark, Sweden ... - Page 51
by Sir John Carr - 1806 - 330 pages
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Poems

William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manicheau god, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. "I'is liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life...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...
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Voyage to South America: Performed by Order of the American ..., Volume 2

Henry Marie Brackenridge - Argentina - 1819 - 390 pages
...is fastened are burst, he will suddenly rise with ease to the natural standard of his character. " Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." Our enemies in Europe are still in the habit, in spite of the proofs we have given, both in peace and...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...Manichean 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 without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays, on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 15

Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1820 - 644 pages
...superstition seemed very prevalent in some towns ; the professors of the art kept regular shops. 'Tis liberly 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...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...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...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...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 80

British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...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...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...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...How many houses were bnilt in Philadelphia, during the autumn in which f'enn fint arrived ? LIBERTY. 'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower 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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The Evangelical rambler [by T. East]., Volume 2

1824 - 448 pages
...agreeable; an art which few learn, and fewer practise; hut it is one of so much importance, that it ' gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." His place in the coach was soon occupied by a young man, who was going to enjoy the sports of the field,...
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...prerogative can please) Vs 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 ; \ ml we aro weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, fs evil : hurts...
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The American Farmer

John S. Skinner - 1824 - 434 pages
...with a tender hand, And ;.ll tin- moral harmony of life." Whence even' >ii'lue flows, in rival strife, flower of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without them.'' In a word, let bachelors be assured that after all 'tis conjugal love and children, which ^ivc...
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