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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. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor perhaps, compared... "
Poems, - Page 117
by William Cowper - 1817
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...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,...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ...

William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...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,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire,. But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praifc.* He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befidc. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praife.* c * See Hume. 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,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...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,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praife*. * Sec Hume. 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,...
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The French revolution, sketches

French revolution, 1789 - 1799 - 202 pages
...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...
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Poems of Established Reputation: To Wit: 1st. The Art of Preserving Health

1802 - 302 pages
...She execrates indeed 73O The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious suflerers little praise*. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, 735 Can wind around him, but...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1802 - 350 pages
...this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious sufPrers little praise.* He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he...
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...indeed The tyranny, that doomed them to the fire, But gives the glorious lufferers little praife *. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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