 | G. Paterson - Aboriginal Australians - 1811 - 648 pages
...greatness of their punishment ; I exclaimed with enthusiasm, Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. " When, on the other hand, I viewed the lively appearance of the camp, the employments of the women,... | |
 | Medora Gordon Byron - 1812 - 282 pages
...curricle; " what joy to breathe at ease, without Ottt a dread of oppression from a fellowbeing '!"* ' 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting...lustre and perfume, . And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Kxcept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 pages
...happiness. After expatiating on the great blessings of political liberty, which, " gives the flower of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, and we are weeds without it," he goes on to speak of A liberty unsung, By poets and by senators unpraised, Which mouarchs cannot... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god, Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r 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... | |
 | Timothy East - 1817 - 246 pages
...consequence to your felicity than you are aware. " .. ': i' is •»--• " "Tis Friendship gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And "We are weeds without it." fi If you are so favoured as to find one, whose prevailing habits and dispositions are congenial with... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1819 - 306 pages
...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean god. Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r ') 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... | |
 | Henry Marie Brackenridge - Argentina - 1819 - 390 pages
...rise with ease to the natural standard of his character. " Tis liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its 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... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1820 - 644 pages
...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... | |
 | William Cowper - Poets, English - 1821 - 556 pages
...Manichean god, Adored 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. All constraint. Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 310 pages
...Manichean god, Adored 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. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil : hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. 
