 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
 | Gem book - 1846 - 160 pages
...? W. MARTIN. TRUE FREEDOM. HE is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all arc slaves beside. 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 Sampson his green withs. He looks abroad into the varied field... | |
 | John Prince - Bible - 1846 - 464 pages
...lines, I close : "He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves hesides. There 's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, liut he coats it off H'ith as much tote as Samson hit grctn tcithei." *Judges, chapters, JIv., Xv.... | |
 | John Prince - Bible - 1846 - 464 pages
...happily, somewhat in this way, by the English poet Cowper ; and with his admirable lines, I close : "He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides. There 's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but... | |
 | William Cowper - 1847
...meaner themes, [s cold on this. She execrates indeed The tyrauny, that doom'd them to the fire. But gives the glorious sufferers little praise.* He is...freeman, whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides. There's not a chain. That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but... | |
 | 1878
...grows lean." " Tis liberty alone that gives the bloom Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume." " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside." " How many deeds with which the world has rung, From pride in league with ignorance have sprung."... | |
 | 1847
...are many, very many men of talent and wisdom among the oppressed Italians, who feel and know that " He is the freeman, whom the truth makes free, (»»•«• ' And all are slaves beside;" who desire a moral change, a spiritual renovation ; who long for liberty, but not for licentiousness.... | |
 | William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1847
...He shows the secret of his deep and untiring attachment to nature, in the love of Him who made it. " 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... | |
 | France - 1847 - 192 pages
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 | English poetry - 1848
...meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd 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 he... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - English language - 1894 - 224 pages
...me to do so. 5. The enemy's squadrons broke and fled. 6. No sounds of labor vexed the quiet air. 7. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free ; and all are slaves besides. 8. To kinder skies, where gentler manners reign, I turn. 9. The reason is so clear that it... | |
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