...the side of freedom. They are gradually learning the truth so long ago taught by the poet Cowper, '' War is a game which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at." It is of the utmost importance that a wise and enlightened public opinion should grow up...

...When will men see the folly, as well as the sin of war ? Well may we say, with the immortal Cowper, " War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at." — prejudices of our southern brethren, brought up among slaves, that they cannot see the...

...clearness and decision against war, that even arbitrary governments may be compelled to listen to it— ' War is a game which, were their subjects wise, ' Kings would not play at.' This is poetry, but no fiction — for kings are themselves the subjects of opinion, and...

...of democracy, have experienced one, and only one, serious disillusionment. We always held that — War is a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at ; and we believed that, when once democracy had secured its hold ou government, there would...

...institutions that have but hard-earned workers as their principal capital. Why not extend a helping hand? But war is a game, which, were their subjects wise, kings would not play at. — Cowper. The Last Sea Elephant. The Sale of Wild Game— Extinct California Animals. One...

...kill, and numbers sanctified the crime.' But Cowper, of all our Poets, speaks out the most nobly. « War is a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.' See «' The Task," B. ii. and v. « On Heroism," and «« Expostulation." In his last Poem,...