 | 1814 - 262 pages
...liv. ii. To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Arc gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy — the world. COWPER. There are come men in England, who rejoice that the war has had the effect of checking the... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hand.s Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confederacy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny bauds Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confederacy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and buby minds Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy, the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors, wild and vain, Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1810 - 494 pages
...well, T c»l^rtt tlicir truncheons from the puny hands Of ltf:roc», wlu»c infirm and baby minds 190 Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, .Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, , Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and hahy minds Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Bahel was confounded, and the great Confederacy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1817 - 248 pages
...would do well, T extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Arc gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
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And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To* extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief;... 
