 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 - 1896 - 283 pages
...meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed 730 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, 735 With as much ease as... | |
 | Thomas Hunter - United States - 1896 - 399 pages
...retreated toward the South. The loss was heavy on both sides. CHAPTER XLV. THE CIVIL WAR—Continued. " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free And all are slaves beside." " The mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.'' EVENTS OF 1863. MORAL events are always... | |
 | Mottoes - 1896 - 1178 pages
...the Land of the Free. «. ABRAHAM COLES — The Microcosm, and Other Poems. National lyrics, P. 213. Hyperion. Bk. IV. Ch. V. O precious evenings ! all too swiftly besides. /. COWPER— The Task. Bk. VL 733. No, Freedom has a thousand charms to show That slaves,... | |
 | Bible - 1892
...tpeak of what " the voice of the first sign "does : — unwillingness to believe in freedom.: — " He is the 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 he... | |
 | Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1896
...of common life. His purity of character and great intellectual force are shown in all his writings. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That evil foes confederate for his harm Can wind around him, but he casts... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 772 pages
...Slave to myself I will not be; Nor shall my future actions be confined By my own present mind. COWLEY. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. COWPER. No ! Freedom has a thousand charms to show, That slaves, howe'er contented, never know.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English poetry - 1896 - 633 pages
...but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to sootiest left. FREE IN THE TRUTH. UK is the freeman, whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. Time's not i chain, That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he... | |
 | Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - English literature - 1897 - 387 pages
...we will bless the Lord From this time forth and for evermore. Praise the Lord. APRIL 20. PSALM cxv. HE is the 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 he... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897
...but half succeeded in his theft— Thyself remov'd, thy pow'r to soothe me left. FREE IN THE TRUTH. HE is the 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 - 1898 - 243 pages
...meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed 73° 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 735 Can wind around him, but... | |
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