 O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom; vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command.  Horace - Page 54by William Tuckwell - 1905 - 88 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...woman must reveal it, 59 O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom,...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall 55 By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...woman must reveafit, 59 O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom,...to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, iu body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, Bat to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How iilight... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But heir height of noon, Changest thy countenance, 0 ...Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown" Aikin John" John Aikin( ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withul How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...reveal it, . " O'ercome with importunity and tears. "I O impotence of mind, in body strong! i I But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom?...to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...woman must reveal it, so O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom,...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall 55 By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when... | |
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