 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...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,...eye-sight of discovery, and begets, In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit THE POETICAL MELANGE. Thee therefore, still,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pages
...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,...eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meager intellect, unfit To be the tenant of a man's noble form.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pages
...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, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form. Thee... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...alone, that gives the flovr'r Of fleeting life it's lustre and perfume ; And we ana 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 - 1832 - 602 pages
...and perfume; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays, on evil men, I- evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress...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 - 1831 - 192 pages
...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 450Their progress in the road of science; blinds The eyesight of Discovery; and begets, In those that... | |
 | Joseph Emerson - Elocution - 1832 - 122 pages
...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,...eye-sight 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.... | |
 | Thomas Taylor - 1833 - 512 pages
...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.... | |
 | Samuel Hanson Cox - Society of Friends - 1833 - 710 pages
...alone that gives the flowed ^Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men,...faculties ; impedes Their progress in the road of science ;, bhnds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that snffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a... | |
 | 1850 - 772 pages
...lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men, IH evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress...The eyesight of discovery, and begets In those that suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be die tenant of man's nuhle form."... | |
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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... 
