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. Patriotism is Not Enough - Page 2by John Haynes Holmes - 1925 - 209 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 pages
...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. He finds his fellow guilt}' of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power To enforce the wrong,... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1813 - 276 pages
...whieh earth is lill'il There is no ffesh in man's obdurate heart. It does not feel fo? man. The nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is severed, as the flax That falls asunder at the toueh of tire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not eoloured like his own ; and having pow'r T'... | |
| W. Plees - 1817 - 436 pages
...within themselves, and farm' * Strange it would appear to tell, were it not so glaring a truth, that " Lands, intersected by a narrow frith, " Abhor each...other. Mountains interposed, " Make enemies of nations, that had else, " Like kindred drops, been mingled into one." Cowpu. fng their own small paternal inheritances.... | |
| William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...There is no flesh in man's ohdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural hond Of hrotherhood is severed as the flax, That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power T' enforce the wrong,... | |
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 pages
...with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, x It does not 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 coloured like his own ; and having power T' enforce the wrong,... | |
| William Cowper - 1821 - 556 pages
...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. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power T' enforce the wrong,... | |
| William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...having power To' enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as a lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other....Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who bad else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys; And,... | |
| John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...with whicfi" earth "is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does hot 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 coloured like his own ; and haying power To enforce the wrong,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...having power T./ enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other....enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops bten mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And, worse than all, and most to... | |
| John Lauris Blake - 1824 - 396 pages
...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. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not coloured like his own ; and having power To enforce the wrong,... | |
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