 | British poets - 1824 - 676 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil Because men suffer it, their toy the world. King was a name too proud for man to wear With modesty and meekness, and the crown, So dazzling in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the World. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors, wild and vain, Was split mto diversity... | |
 | George Wentworth - 1824 - 378 halaman
...wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well, To extort their truncheon from the puny grasp f ' Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...with mischief ; and who spoil ^ Because men suffer them, their toy, the world." Cowper. •\ PORGETFULNESS. When Joe was poor, the lad was frank and free,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 470 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, v Because men suffer it, their toy the World. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy... | |
 | Sir Richard Phillips - 1826 - 322 halaman
...not play at. Nations would do well T' uxtort their truncheons from the puny grasp Of heroes, whoae infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief,...spoil Because men suffer it, their toy, the world. — COWTER. 163. For securing its independence, the whole male population of a nation ought to be trained... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 halaman
...do well, T" extort their truncheons ftom the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds 190 Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy, the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 halaman
...do well, T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds 190 Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy, the world. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors wild and vain Was split into diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified...spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy the World. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy of projectors, wild and vain, Was split mto diversity... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief, and who spoil, Because men sufier it, their toy the World. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confederacy of projectors... | |
 | Thomas F. Walker - 1830 - 256 halaman
...subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well, T' extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief; and who sport, Because men suffer it, their toy the World. When Babel was confounded, and the great Confed'racy... | |
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And make the sorrows of mankind their sport. But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. Nations would do well To* extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief;... 
