 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pàgines
...hopeless, hear thee say — " Farewell ! we meet no more ! " HUMAN FRAILTY. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan,...already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 pàgines
...hopeless, hear thee say — " Farewell ! we meet no more ! " HUMAN FRAILTY. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan,...already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his... | |
 | 1824 - 138 pàgines
...irre.solute is man; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. . i 2 The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems...already slain; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. 3 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his... | |
 | 1824 - 418 pàgines
...heaven the grateful shout prolongs. Doddridge. 364. c. M. Human Frailty. 1 WEAK and irresolute is man : The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his assent, But pleasure... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pàgines
...hopeless, hear thee say — Farewell! we meet no more f HUMAN FRAILTY. ' I, WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. IL The bow wen bent, and smart the spring, "Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the... | |
 | 1824 - 142 pàgines
...commissioned from on high And your reward is sure. CXIII. HYMN.— c. M. 1 WEAK and irresolute is man; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. 2 The bow well bent, and smart the spring, Vice seems already slain; But passion rudely snaps the string,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...sayFarewell ! we meet no more ? HUMAN FRAILTY. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Wo^en with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and-srnart the spring, Vice seems already slain; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives... | |
 | Select poetry - 1825 - 182 pàgines
...next cloud that veils my skies, Drives all these thoughts away. XXVIII. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan,...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 270 pàgines
...perish, when thy feast is o'er ! — POPE. SECTION XI. Human frailty. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan,...already slain ; But passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives' again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part; Virtue engages his... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pàgines
...me of enjoyments past, And those of sorrows yet to come. HUMAN FRAILTY. WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan,...already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. Some foe to his upright intent Finds out his weaker part ; Virtue engages his... | |
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WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring. Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again. 
