...can please) As dreadful as the Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'T is liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their...

...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 445 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their...

...born, a Whig, an unrevolutionary Whig, an " Old Whig " to adopt the phrase made canonical by Burke. Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint Except what wisdom lays on evil men Is evil. The sentiment of these lines, which were...

...Whatever way you wend, Consider well the end. Age without cheerfulness is a Lapland without a sun. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume; And we are weeds without it. Love what you ought to do, and you can easily do it ; oiled wheels run freely. Never speak unless you...

...with God," Carrol grew cold and unbelieving, and Harvey quoted his father more than ever. CHAPTER II. "Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it." — Gowper. night after Mary and Ada were sound asleep, Carrol stole out of the house and went straight...

...is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven. Palamon and Arcite, Bk. II. j. DKYDEN. 'T is liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life...lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. The Task, Bk. V. w. COWPER. I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on...

...and oppression, and because nowhere is the love of liberty more keen. Comp. Cowper's lines — • " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ;" And Wordsworth — " Two voices are there — one is of the sea, One of the mountains — each a mighty...

...prerogative can please) As dreadful as the Manichean God, Adored through fear, strong only to destroy. 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...its lustre and perfume, And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 459 Their...

...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 weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes 450 Their...

...other for the sake of Protestant Dissenters]. (Letter to von Spaen.) COMMITTAL TO THE TOWER, 1677. " 'Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting...perfume, And we are weeds without it." — COWPER. When the Declaration of Indulgence was annulled, in consequence of the opposition of the House of Commons,...