 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.  The Task - Pàgina 143per William Cowper - 1817 - 188 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 pàgines
...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, Our claim to...tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctities his song . And History, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | 1828 - 558 pàgines
...majority of English Protestants, we may truly say in the words of Cowper — " Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...remember them. They liv'd unknown. Till persecution draggM them into fame, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew — —No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | 1828 - 546 pàgines
...equal laws. But Martyrs struggle for a higher prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim...divinely free To soar and to anticipate the skies. We are mainly indebted to the celebrated Martyrologist for whatever of Tyndale's character or writings... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pàgines
...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, Our claim to...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, TII soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 300 pàgines
...us. His name, therefore, must of necessity be left among the number of those ^— — .— Who lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heaven. Their ashes flew, No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 426 pàgines
...confirmed. Surift. But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...divinely free. To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Cowper. Chained to the chariot of triumphal Art, We stand as captives, and would not depart. Away !... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pàgines
...confirmed. Swift. But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, Tu soar, and to anticipate the skies. Coiffper. Chained to the chariot of triumphal Art, We stand as... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1829 - 176 pàgines
...his happiness apart from thee! He shall be miserably disappointed. CHAPTER IV. " Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim,— Our claim...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fume, And chased them... | |
 | William Cowper - 1830 - 328 pàgines
...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 — Our claim...anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1830 - 374 pàgines
...informs us. His name, therefore, must of necessity be left among the number of those • Who lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew, No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies... | |
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