 | 1895 - 850 ページ
...in which the poet sings the dirge of the martyrs : — they lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew No marble tells us whither. Next to the contemplation of virtue, the praise of liberty was n kindred, and to Cowper an equally... | |
 | William Cowper - 1896 - 348 ページ
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...remember them. They lived unknown Till Persecution dragged them into fame, 725 And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1898 - 334 ページ
...indeed, 7 '5 And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more...blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate... | |
 | Thomas Hall Pearne - 1898 - 510 ページ
...given them their name and their glory. "They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them forth to fame, And chased them up to heaven ; their ashes flew, No marble tells us whither." It was a like unselfish consecration to the cause of country, and home, and altars, which has made... | |
 | Joseph James Neave - 1899 - 336 ページ
...indeed, And for a time ensure, to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more...remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1900 - 346 ページ
...for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle fpr a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their...blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate... | |
 | William Cowper - 1901 - 200 ページ
...indeed, And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 204 ページ
...indeed, And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more...to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to he divinely free. To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till... | |
 | 1863 - 868 ページ
...critical moment with stout hearts and strong wills in defence of our dearest rights. They struggled " In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To sour, and anticipate the skies." It would extend this paper unduly to trace the conflict for liberty... | |
 | 1826 - 596 ページ
...lost for ago, • THE WAY OP SALVATION ! YeS, ' Their hlood was shed In confirmation of the nohlest claim, Our claim to feed upon IMMORTAL TRUTH, To walk with God, to he DIvINLLY free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.' " pp. 504—507. The Amulet, or Christian... | |
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Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar and to anticipate the skies. 
