 Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own.  Poems - Стр. 251авторы: William Cowper - 1790 - Страниц: 298Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1828 - Страниц: 594
...irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known:... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - Страниц: 468
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his heart we view... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 372
...bring me an account where I might find her ; but I did not see her until several weeks after that. " Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins the heart. "Tis here the folly of the wise, Through all his arts we view,... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - Страниц: 256
...the sprint;, Vice seems already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. T is here the folly of the wise Through all his heart we view... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - Страниц: 374
...smart the spring. Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ;... | |
 | 1830 - Страниц: 458
...and irresolute is man : The purpose of today, Woven with pains into his plan, Tomorrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Bound on a voyage of awful length, Through dangers little known... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1833 - Страниц: 274
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'T is here the folly of the wise, Through all his art, we view;... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 562
...irresolute is man ! The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 3 Life's voyage is of awful length, Through dangers little known... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Страниц: 620
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - Страниц: 406
...smart the spring, Vice seems already slain; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ;... | |
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