 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
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...pained, 5 My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. he bore to learning .was in fault ; The village all...declared how much he knew: 'Twas certain he could w severed as the flax ю That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin... | |
 | Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins - Fiction - 1988 - 468 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... | |
 | Mary Prince - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 162 pages
...three separate purchasers; and they were literally torn from each other. How just the remark of Cowper, 'There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart It does not feel for man!' " The following notices of cases between masters and slaves, are extracted from the Annual Lists of trials... | |
 | Marcus Wood - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 772 pages
...unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd....The natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax1 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like... | |
 | William Cowper - Literary Collections - 2003 - 124 pages
...unsuccessful or successful war. Might never reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd....man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax 10 That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds... | |
 | Simon White, John Goodridge, Bridget Keegan - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 324 pages
...inveighs against war, racism, and the slave-trade: My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd....man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man. The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd (The Task, 2:4-10) For a poet who so insists on the solace and... | |
 | William Sanders Scarborough - History - 2006 - 557 pages
...wilderness * * # 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 That falls asunder at the touch of fire." With the hatred of the lower classes... | |
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