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
| Christopher Anderson - 1862 - 772 pàgines
...man, every word, by way of eminence, belongs to the Memory of William Tyndale, — "His blood wag shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, 1530.] HIS WONTED BENEVOLENCE. 269 To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember him. He lived... | |
| Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pàgines
...equal laws; But martyrs struggle for a brighter pijze, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim— Our claim...to 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—... | |
| 1863 - 836 pàgines
...critical moment with stout hearts and strong wills ia defence of our dearest rights. They struggled " In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely freo, To «jar, and anticipate the skies." It would extend this paper unduly to trace the conflict... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 622 pàgines
...equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed , lived unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew... | |
| William Cowper - 1864 - 454 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... | |
| Salem Town, Nelson M. Holbrook - 1864 - 444 pàgines
...laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. 3. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim...anticipate the skies ! Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragged them into fame, • 4. Their ashes flew No marble tells us... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 454 pàgines
...equal laws. But martyrs struggle for a brighter pri2e, 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 dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew,... | |
| Giles Hester - 1865 - 88 pàgines
...joy. He died in defence oi that cause which was more precious to him than life. His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim...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... | |
| Joseph Stratford - 1865 - 448 pàgines
...man, every word, by way of eminence, belongs to the memory of William Tyndale." " His blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...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 pàgines
...Gilberl ... 153 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...divinely free, To soar and to anticipate the skies. Cowper, The Lollard's Prison ........... J. Gilbert ... 154 For he has wings that neither sickness,... | |
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