| 1856 - 298 pages
...positions of these witnesses. Learned men, like Abraham, Moses, and Isaiah ; and ignorant men — "Who lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame And chased them up to heaven." Strong and valiant warriors, and delicate women and tender children. Rich men, who had much to surrender... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 456 pages
...with more pain. 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,...—No marble tells us whither. With their names No hard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - Readers - 1864 - 444 pages
...more pain. 3. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth; To walk with God, — to be divinely...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, • 4. Their ashes flew No marble tells us whither. With their names, No bard... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 454 pages
...with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth ; To walk with God ; to be divinely...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.... | |
| Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 pages
...William Tyndale." " His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived unknown Till persecution dragg'd him into fame, And chased him up to Heaven. His ashes... | |
| Giles Hester - 1865 - 88 pages
...to him than life. His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free,...soar and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived unknown Till persecution dragg'd him into fame, And chased him up to heaven. His ashes... | |
| Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...more pain. 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. Cowper, The Lollard's Prison ........... J. Gilbert ... 154 For he has wings that neither sickness,... | |
| Gems - English poetry - 1866 - 166 pages
...it with more pain. 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 Heaven. Their ashes flew— No marble tells us whether. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song ; And History, so warm on meaner... | |
| H. L. L., Jane Laurie Borthwick - Missionaries - 1866 - 318 pages
...with more pain. 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,...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.... | |
| Frances Martin - English poetry - 1866 - 506 pages
...it with more pain. 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,...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.... | |
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