| William Cowper - 1885 - 352 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, Aud it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part, Virtue engages his... | |
| William Cowper - 1889 - 632 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...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,... | |
| American Unitarian Association - 1896 - 536 páginas
...and irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker...Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. Bound on a voyage of fearful length, Through dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength,... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 páginas
...Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent and smart the spring. Yice seems already slain ; But passion rudely -snaps the string, And it revives again. COWPER : Human Fruity. Each noble vice Shall bear a price, And virtue shall a drug become : An empty... | |
| 1899 - 972 páginas
...with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow -well bent, and smart the spring, Лчсе seems already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again." Show how you would elucidate the meaning of these lines, and give the answers which in the end would... | |
| Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - 444 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...Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. T is here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies... | |
| Edward Arber - 1901 - 362 páginas
...same! HUMAN FRAILTY. WEAK and irresolute is Man! The purpose of To-day, Woven with pains into his plan, 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 art, we view; And while his tongue the charge denies,... | |
| William Cowper - 1846 - 204 páginas
...irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The how well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already...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,... | |
| Edward Arber - 1901 - 524 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...Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again I Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part : Virtue engages his assent ; But Pleasure... | |
| William Cowper - 1905 - 916 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...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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