 | 1854 - 456 páginas
...and irresolute is man, The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent and smart the spring, Vice seems...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure... | |
 | William Cowper - 1854 - 806 páginas
...the spring, Vice seems already slam ; But Passion rudely snaps tne string, And it revives again. III. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, Cut Pleasure wins his heart. IV. Tis hero the folly of the wise Through all his heart we view ; And,... | |
 | William Cowper, Robert Southey - 1854 - 476 páginas
...and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain, Hut passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out... | |
 | John Mulligan - 1854 - 326 páginas
...cases it is easily supplied, and ought to be supplied as the first step in the analysis. Examples: " The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain, Ac. == The bow BEING well bent, and the spring BEING smart. For a more full account of contracted accessories,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 582 páginas
...and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems...intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages hfeassent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1855 - 798 páginas
...irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. n. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems...Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. III. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure... | |
 | 1855 - 458 páginas
...and irresolute is man, The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent and smart the spring, Vice seems...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 páginas
...and irresolute is man, The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent and smart the spring, Vice seems...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure... | |
 | William Cowper, Henry Stebbing - 1856 - 430 páginas
...and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pain into his plan. To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems...Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his heart we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies,... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 páginas
...man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well-bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain ; But...Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And while his tongue the charge denies,... | |
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Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. 
