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. The English Journal of Education - Page 1201850Full view - About this book
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1861 - 424 pages
...o'er him still doth sit ; Pirithous, too, lies fetter'd, limb to limb By chains three hundred knit. * But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall. Samson Agoidstcs, 53. ODE V. THE PRAISE OF VALOUR. HEN through the heavens his thunders blare, We think... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - Bible - 1861 - 762 pages
...and simple. Samson himself, according to Milton, was rather disposed to understate the gift : — 14 What is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome. God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair." It is one... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...bereft me, CJndor the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in...secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, riot made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to show... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 50 O'ercome with importunity and tears ! O impotence of mind,...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... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 pages
...FLETCHER 268 STRENGTH WITHOUT WISDOM WHAT is strength without a double share of wisdom ? vast, unwieldly, burdensome, proudly secure, yet liable to fall by...rule, but to subserve where wisdom bears command. J. MILTON 269 BIRTH AND DEATH [AM nos decebat, cretus celebranteis domum lugere, ubi esset aliquis... | |
 | esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 pages
...morning fair Came forth with pilgrim steps, in amice grey. — id. SAMSON AGONISTES. Samson. . . . What is strength without a double share Of wisdom...burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtilities, not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. God, when he gave me strength,... | |
 | Henry Drury - English poetry - 1865 - 430 pages
...Setfas тà SáJpa тàо-фaХшs кекрурfiеva к\a\iOр.<àv екaл «ai ywaiкetov ßoijs. O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength...to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command ! God, when he gave me strength, to shew withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace;... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...portion of them subservient to bis grand and holy designs. 28. And from, that is, and a»/rom. 368 But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom?...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to full 58 By weakest subtleties ; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command! God,... | |
 | Henry Drury - English poetry - 1865 - 424 pages
...Trpo'^eipoi/, tKßeßXrjx Ó/AWS, та Swpa таафаХсЗс KfKpv/jpéva (KO.TL Kai ywaiKetou " ' О impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom 1 vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to... | |
 | William McClure Thomson - 1865 - 270 pages
...easy and simple. Samson himself, according to Milton, was rather disposed to understate the gift : ' What is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome. God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair? It is one... | |
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