 There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared...  Poems, - Page 117by William Cowper - 1817Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...indeed The tyranny, that doomed them to the fire, But gives the glorious lufferers little praife *. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 388 pages
...indeed The tyranny, that doomed them to the fire, But gives the glorious fufferers little praife *. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain • See Hume. That hellifh foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...Man inborn Grace ir.akes free— Hit relijb of ite Works cf God— AdJrefi to tbt Creator. COWPER. . He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are Haves befide. There's not a chain '] hat helliih foes confed'rate for his harm Can wind around him,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed 'The tyranny, that doomed them to the fire, But gives the glorious sufferers little praise*. He is...freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain -That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...glorious sufF'rers little praise *, ir ^ . • . -| ,.I He is the freeman, whom the truth makfs (Fjwji, And all are slaves heside. There's not a chain,, That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm,. i ^ Can wind around him, hut he casts it off, With as much ease as Samson... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious suff 'rers little praise,* He is the freeman whom the truth makes free,. And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious suff'rers little praise;* He is the freeman whom the truth makes free^ And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...interfering with the " liberty of the subject." We need to remember the sentiment of the poet — " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides." The only freedom worth contending for is the freedom that harmonizes with the dictates of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...this. She execrates indeed The tyranny, that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious suff 'rers little praise *. He is the freeman, whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain, That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him, but... | |
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