 | William Cowper - 1835 - 448 sidor
...Afric's torrid clime, or India's fiercest heat. Table Talk. 'Tis liberty alone, that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. Task, book v. His depressive malady and the source of its cure : I was a stricken deer, that left the... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1837 - 364 sidor
...to exert a mighty influence for good." ' CONVERSATION XVII. "Tit liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...science ; blinds The eye-sight of discovery : and beget* In those who suffer it, a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of... | |
 | William Cowper - 1837 - 534 sidor
...Manichean god Ador'd through fear, strong only to destroy. "Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are...faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blind* The eyesight of Discovery ; and begets, In those that sufTer if, a sordid mind, . . ., Bestial,... | |
 | T. O. McLoughlin - 1837 - 218 sidor
...the fancy of thought, A sacred impression to leave. THE WOULD-BE FREEMAN. "fis Liberty alone can give the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. — COWPBR. Consider freemen, at this present hour, The strength of justice in the hand of power; View... | |
 | Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838 - 922 sidor
...acquaintances, who might be able to assist us in our views of reaching England. CHAPTER V. 'Til liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume , And we are weeds without it. — COWFED. But look, the morn in russet mantle clad. Walks o'er the dew of you high eastern hill.... | |
 | Frederick Freeman - 1838 - 376 sidor
...to exert a mighty influence for good." ' CONVERSATION XVII. "Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it . All constraint, Eicept what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil; hurts the faculties; impedes Their progress in the road... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1839 - 844 sidor
...or heroic goodness, without the light and glow of liberty. God has made you so. " T is liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life, its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. " Action without responsibility dwarfs the mind. Exalted duties inspire corresponding virtues. Give... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 sidor
...countries, than in any other part of the world ? Who but a Christian poet has ever sung, " Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower *. Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it 1" Every where the men whose minds have been imbued with the light and spirit of the Holy Scriptures,... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1840 - 322 sidor
...the master to the slave in all nations and in all ages. " 'T is liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. I now proceed to the enumeration of the symptoms which lead me to hope that in due time the African... | |
 | Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton - 1840 - 530 sidor
...the master to the slave in all nations and in all ages. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." I now proceed to the enumeration of the symptoms which lead me to hope that in due time the African... | |
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Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. 
