 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 oldal
...the fire., But gives the glorious fyff 'rers. little praife, * • . *'*•.. • • • * See Hume. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. , There's not a fthain That hellifh foes eonfed'rate for his harm Can wind around him,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 oldal
...indeed, The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But give* the glorious fuff'rers little praife.- * He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide, There's not a chain That hellifh foes confed'rate for his harm Can wind around him,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 346 oldal
...were each An- Orpheus, and omnipotent in fong. But transformation of apoftate man From fool to wife, from earthly to divine, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, And he by means in philofophic eyes Trivial and worthy of difdain, atchieves The wonder ; humanizing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 oldal
...were each An Orpheus, and omnipotent in fong. B ut transformation of apoftate man From fool to wife, from earthly to divine,, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, And he by means in philofophic eyes Trivial and worthy of difdain, atchieves The wonder ; humanizing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 oldal
...indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff 'rers little praife. * He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 oldal
...were each An Orpheus, and omnipotent in fong; But transformation of apoftate man From fool to wife, from earthly to divine, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, And he by means in philofophic eyes Trivial and worthy of difdain, achieves The wonder ; humanizing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 oldal
...were each An Orpheus, and omnipotent in fong; But transformation of apoftate man From fool to wife, from earthly to divine, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, And he by means in philofophic eyes Trivial and wprthy of difJain, achieves The wonder; humanizing... | |
 | French revolution, 1789 - 1799 - 202 oldal
...are but elaborate folly, and that true liberty is incompatible with the bondage of sinful passions. " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside." This is no mere declamation, but the dictate of sober wisdom. No chains are so enslaving as... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 438 oldal
...nature, and were each , An Orpheus, and omnipotent in song: But transformation of apostate man « \ • From fool to wise, from earthly to divine, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, And he by means in philosophic eyes Trivial and worthy of disdain, achieves The wonder; humanizing... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 oldal
...were each An Orpheus, and omnipotent in fong i But transformation of apoftate man From fool to wife, from earthly to divine, Is work for Him that made him. He alone, 1 he by mean! in philofophic eyes Trivial and worthy of difdain, achieves The wonder; humanizing... | |
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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. 
