 | John Wilson - English language - 1844 - 142 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass, To guard them, and to immortalize her trust : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at the shrine of truth, Have fallen in her defence. EXERCISES. Write, and punctuate with colons, the following sentences, agreeably to the preceding rule:... | |
 | 1866 - 824 pages
...bond in stone, and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her tnwt : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at...his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; l'»:i martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation... | |
 | Thomas M'Crie - Bothwell Bridge, Battle of, Scotland, 1679 - 1846 - 524 pages
...nobly; and their deeds, a» they deserve, Receire proud recompense. • — — But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid. To those who, posted at the shrine of truth. Have fallen in her defence. . — Yet few remember them — — — -With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies bis song :... | |
 | William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and t' immortahze her trust: But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And, for a... | |
 | Margaret Thornley - Education - 1846 - 420 pages
...; and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompence. » * » * But fairer wreaths are due, To those, who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fallen in her defence." History exhibits the evils of disunion, the advantages of confederation, the horrors of war, the blessings... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass. To guard them, and t' immortalize her trust : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood, Well spent in snch a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time... | |
 | William Cowper - 1849 - 508 pages
...bond in stone and ever-dnring brass To guard them, and t' immortalize her trust ; But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted...strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure, to his lovt-d land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Bible - 1849 - 72 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust. But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fatten in her defence." Not to speak of marble or " ever-during brass," no stone has ever been laid,... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...in stone and ever-during brass, 710 To guard them, and to immortalize her trust. But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at the shrine of trulh, Have fallen in her defence. A patriot's blood Well spent in such a strife may earn indeed, 715... | |
 | Daniel Clarke Eddy - Women missionaries - 1850 - 380 pages
...bond in stone, and ever-during brass, To guard them and immortalize her trust ; But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted...the shrine of truth, Have fallen in her defence." IX. HENRIETTA SHUCK, OP CHINA. THE Celestial Empire has become an object of great interest. Its vast... | |
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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 pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim... 
