 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 '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 450 Their... | |
 | Iran - 1842 - 144 pages
...they did in Greece and Rome. And why was it? Because the noble faculties of the mind were enslaved. '"Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 '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 450 Their... | |
 | Joseph Sturge - History - 1842 - 360 pages
...under its provisions. STURGE'S VISIT TO THE UNITED STATESV, rM THE UNITED STATES 1841 JOSEPH STTJRGE. " 'Tis liberty 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, Is evil... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1843 - 316 pages
...the heart of every Englishman ; but in his most masterly production, the Task, he thus eings— Y2 " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre ajid perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil:... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...undiscerning praise ; Where love is mere attachment to the throne, Not to the man who fills it as he ought /* "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it ! All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, /* evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...undiscerning praise, Where love is mere attachment to the throne, Not to the man who fills it as he ought. '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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 378 pages
...Liberty will presently destroy ignorance, but slavery will still sooner extinguish knowledge. " 'T 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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - Education - 1845 - 376 pages
...Liberty will presently destroy ignorance, but slavery will still sooner extinguish knowledge. " 'T 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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...price. 11. Great barkers—aie no bittrs. 12. Regard tbe interests of otkers, as well as your own. Tis liberty, alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre, and perfume ; And we are meeds without it. Man's soul—in a perpetual motion flows, And to no outward cause—thru motion owes.... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. 
