 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 ページ
...indeed, 715 And, for a time, ensure to his lov'd 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... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - 1843 - 568 ページ
...indeed, And for a time insure to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws : But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more...anticipate the skies :— Yet few remember them." This happened several months before his death, and was stated to the writer, at the time, by the lady... | |
 | H. L. L., Jane Laurie Borthwick - 1866 - 316 ページ
...ensure, to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a nobler prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed...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.... | |
 | 1866 - 692 ページ
...known and the obscure, were alike called to testify because of the truth. Of some it has been said, — They lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their aahes Flew, no marble tells as whither. chased for us the privileges which we still have the happiness... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1867 - 334 ページ
...Resigned the bitter cup to take, And silently, in fearless faith, Bowing their noble souls to death.' ' In confirmation of the noblest claim, — • Our...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.' Anne Askew, who sacrificed her life ' for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and because... | |
 | Baptist union - 1867 - 140 ページ
...to swell " the noble army of martyrs." Our history has been written in blood: — " Blood that was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free." In this land, from the year 1400, when William Sawtree was burned in London, down to the close of the... | |
 | Thomas O. Beeman - 1868 - 188 ページ
...and equal laws; The Martyrs struggled for a brighter prize And won it with more pain. Their blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim...anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 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...into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flewNo marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history,... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 ページ
...his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, 15 And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies ! 20 Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased... | |
 | John Tomlinson - 1869 - 192 ページ
...country's cause Bled nobly ; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompense. But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize And win it with more...noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth ; Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them... | |
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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. 
