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 Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. Poems - Page 151by William Cowper - 1821Full view - About this book
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 1799 - 200 pages
...prisoner in person, he received in spirit the liberty wherewith Christ makes his people free. " He it the free-man whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides." His noble answer to Henry n. has been reserved for this place. That king, having heard that this gallant... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...whither. With their names No bard embalms and tancSifies his fong: And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates 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.... | |
| 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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