 The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them...  Poems - Page 206by William Cowper - 1802Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...health, : 0: Or fafcty interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft extinguifh theirs. Elfe they are all — the meaneft things that are, As free to live and to enjay that life, As God was free to form them at the firft, Who in his fov'reign wifdom made them all,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...convenience, health, Or fafety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and mull extinguifh theirs. Elfe they are all — the meaneft things that are,...God was free to form them at the firft, Who in his fov'reign wifdom made them all. Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your fons To love it too. The fpring-time... | |
 | William Cowper - 1787 - 342 pages
...interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, .and muft extinguiflt theirs. Elfe they are all^-the meaneft things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the firfl:, Who, in his fov'reign wifdom, made them all. Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your fons To... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...convenience, health, Or fafety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft extinguifh theirs. Elfe they are all— ~the meaneft things that are,...was free to form them at the firft, / Who, in his fov'reign wifdom, made them all. / Ye therefore who love mercy, teach your fons To love it too. The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...convenience, health, Or fafety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount and muft extinguifh theirs. Elfe they are all — the meaneft things that are,....As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was freeto form them at the firft, Who, in his fov'reign wSfdom, made them all. Ye therefore who love mercy,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...there is guilty of a wrong, Difturbs th' economy of nature's realm, Who, when fhe form'd, defign'd them an abode. The fum is this. — If man's convenience,...God was free to form them at the firft, Who, in his fbv'reign wifdom, made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your fons To love it too. The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft extinguifh their's. Elfe they are .all—the meaneft things that are — As free to live, and to...God was free to form them at the firft, Who, in his fov'reign wifdom, made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your fons To love it too. The... | |
 | English poetry - 1796 - 218 pages
...convenient health, Or fafety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft extinguifh theirs. Elfe they are all — the meaneft things that are,...God was free to form them at the firft, Who, in his fov'reign wifdom, made them all. Ye therefore who love merey, teach your fons To love it too. The lpring... | |
 | William Gilpin - England - 1798 - 418 pages
...health, Or fafety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft extinguifh theirs. Eife they are all — the meaneft things that are — As...free to form them at the firft, Who in his fovereign wifdora made them all. " relief " relief to my ears. The alarm which we " fpread was the more general... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...health, Or fafety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and muft exticguifh theirs.Elfe they are all — the meaneft things that are, As free...God was free to form them at the firft, Who, in his fov'reign wifdom, made them alL Ye therefore who love merev, teach your fons To love it too. The fpring-time... | |
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