 | Lyre - 1830 - 360 pāgines
...disdain'd, And where it could not praise, was chain'd — If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Tli jt tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When death unveils...Or with its envied rubies shine? To hew the rock, to wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they sought, • Or comfort... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837
...and tuneful tongue. If falsehood's honey it disdain'd. And where it could not praise, was chain'd ; If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord...Eternity. Say did these fingers delve the mine, Or with the envied ruby shine, To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1839 - 288 pāgines
...kindness beam'd, When stars and suns have lost their light! And where it could not praise, was chain'd ; If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke; That tuneful tongue shall plead for theĢ, When death unveils eternity!. Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies... | |
 | 1841 - 216 pāgines
...and tuneful tongue ; If falsehood's honey it disdained, And where it could not praise was chained ; If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke : Then blessed shall the spirit be, When death unveils eternity. Say — did these fingers delve the... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 344 pāgines
...chainedIf bold in virtue's cause, it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke. — LIKES ON A BKULL. 197 That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When death...Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, to wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 344 pāgines
...tuneful tongue ; If falsehood's honey is disdained, And, where it could not praise, was chained — If bold in virtue's cause, it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke. — LINES ON A SKULL. l97 That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When death uaveils eternity. Say,... | |
 | 1846
...and tuneful tongue ; If Falsehood's honey it disdiun'd, And when it could not praise, was chajn'd ; If bold in Virtue's cau.se it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke j That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When death unveils eternity I Say, did these fingers delve... | |
 | 1850 - 288 pāgines
...and tuneful tongue ! If falsehood's honey it disdain'd. And where it could not praise, was chain'd ; If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord...thee, When death unveils eternity ! Say, did these ringers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? — • To hew the rock or wear the gem Can... | |
 | Gems, Richard Wright PROCTER - 1855
...tuneful tongue : If falsehood's honey it disdain' d, And where it could not praise, was chain'd — If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord...fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine 1 To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them. But if the paf^e of truth they sought,... | |
 | 1856
...it disdained, And where it could not praise, was chained ; If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, And gentle concord never broke; That tuneful tongue shall plead for thee When death unveils eternity. Beneath this mould'ring: canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye ; Yet start not at the dismal void... | |
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Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with the envied rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear the gem Can little now avail to them. But if the page of truth they sought... 
