 There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.  The Task: In Six Books - Page 35by William Cowper - 1836 - 172 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1915 - 368 pages
...thee. Receive not the grace of God in vain. To day if you shall hear his voice, harden not your hearts. It does not feel for man; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax, That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...pained, 5 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. r to the death 3 a violent opponent of tea, who got into conflict on the subject with Dr. Johnson, severed as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...is pained, 5 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is tilkii severed as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...pained, 5 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does...not feel for man; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1917 - 536 pages
...is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond 10 Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow... | |
 | Thomas Ernest Rankin, Wilford Merton Aikin - English literature - 1917 - 518 pages
...is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man. Cowper has been called the " father " of that naturalistic reaction in poetry which is called English... | |
 | Ernest Bernbaum - English poetry - 1918 - 412 pages
...is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does...feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. Not coloured like his own, and, having... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1918 - 986 pages
...is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does...feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not... | |
 | Elva Sophronia Smith - Patriotic poetry - 1919 - 326 pages
...is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does...feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin To... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 712 pages
...pained, 5 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. our scouts assured us, lay at anchor in the harbor...ready to sail with the first fair wind. I consulted severed as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
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