 Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it.  Cowper - หน้า 75โดย Goldwin Smith - 1880 - 131 หน้ามุมมองทั้งเล่ม - เกี่ยวกับหนังสือเล่มนี้
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 หน้า
...of liberty and the right of every human being to its fullest enjoyment, believing, with Cowper, that "'Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume; And we are wceda without it." I candidly acknowledge that I am so simple-minded as really to believe (not " make-believe")... | |
 | 1834 - 304 หน้า
...blunt monster with uncounted heads The still discordant, wavering multitude Can play upon it. FREEDOM. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume. And we are weeds without it. [Original.] THE VESPER STAR. When twilight o'er the distant west, Her many'-tinted robe has thrown,... | |
 | American Home Missionary Society - 1863 - 1072 หน้า
...patriot, the soul of heroism and valor, the force which has wrought transcendently in our history. "'Tin liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life...lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." Of this freedom we were born, and on the shores and in the wilds where she sought refuge from oppression... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 หน้า
...of liberty and the right of every human being to its fullest enjoyment, believing, with Cowper, that "Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And wo are weeds without it." I candidly acknowledge that I am so simple-minded as really to believe (not... | |
 | William Anderson (D.D.) - 1866 - 354 หน้า
...Protestantism ! Nothing on earth can be more dear to man than liberty. Cowper has nobly sung — " "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." Liberty is that which comes home to our altars and our hearths, which we breathe in the pure atmosphere... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1867 - 80 หน้า
...stood, Both turned, and under open sky adored The God that made both sky, ecirth, air and heaven. 12. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it.—Cowpcr. Milton. 13. The rivulet Sends forth glad sounds, and tripping o'er its bed Of pebbly... | |
 | English government - 1870 - 114 หน้า
...with justice be said of the Habeas Corpus Act and the Settlement Act of 1701. PEELIMINAEY QUESTIONS. " Tis Liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. ******* Thee I account still happy and the chief Among the nations, seeing thou art free, My native... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - 1872 - 860 หน้า
...believed correctly, that, without liberty, life itself is not worth the having. In the words of Cowper : " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it." Gentlemen of' the jury, white and colored, what I have thus said, I have spoken from my heart, and... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - 1872 - 476 หน้า
...history of man, and which bid fair to introduce the universal reign of righteousness and peace. " 'Xi< liberty alone, that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfunae ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil... | |
 | Henry C. Pedder - 1874 - 200 หน้า
...posterity will amply realize the truth of Cowper's remark : " "Pis liberty alone that gives the flow'r Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." Or, again, with Southey : " Easier were it To hurl the rooted mountain from its base Than force the... | |
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