 | Book - 1864 - 366 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length, And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 454 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | Life-lights - 1864 - 348 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length, And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1864 - 622 pages
...weaker part, Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. Tis here the folly of the wise ence of his abode. He, flying from the far-famed Pylian king denier, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...weaker part; 10 Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. T is here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, 15 His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 332 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view ; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | William Cowper - 1870 - 574 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But Pleasure wins his heart. Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view; And, while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...weaker part: Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. Tis here the folly of the wise soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, My burdens and my cares ; He from conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...weaker part : Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure wins his heart. 'Tis here the folly of the wise Through all his art we view, And while his tongue the charge denies, His conscience owns it true. Bound on a voyage of awful length And dangers little known, A stranger to... | |
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Bound on a voyage of awful length, And dangers little known, A stranger to superior strength, Man vainly trusts his own. 
