 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877
...and tuneful tongue : If Falsehood's honey it disdained, And when it could not praise was chained ; If bold in Virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke, — This silent tongue shall plead for thee When Time unveils Eternity ! Say, did these fingers delve... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 285 pągines
...swift, and tuneful tongue ; If Falsehood's honey it disdained, And when it could not praise was chained; If bold in Virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke, — This silent tongue shall plead for thee When Time unveils Eternity 1 Say, did these fingers delve... | |
 | J C Hutchieson - 1878
...and tuneful tongue. If falsehood's honey it disdained, And, when it could not praise, was chained, If bold in virtue's cause it spoke Yet gentle concord never broke, That silent tongue shall plead for thee, When time unveils eternity. Say, did those fingers delve the mine,... | |
 | 1880
...cause it spoke, Yet gentle concords never broke, This silent tongue shall plead for Ihee When time unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the...rubies shine? To hew the rock or wear the gem Can little now avail to them. But if the page of truth they sought Or comfort to the mourned brought, These... | |
 | Mrs. J. W. Shoemaker - 1881
...swift, and tuueful tongue: If falsehood's honey it disdained, And when it could not praise, was chained; If bold in Virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke — This silent tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils Eternity. But if the page of truth they... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 958 pągines
...and tuneful tongue. If Falsehood's honey it disdained, And where it could not praise, was chaiued ; ear wh , This silent Tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils Eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1002 pągines
...swift, and tuneful tongue ; If Falsehood's honey it disdain'd, And when it could not praise was chain'd; y Was wither'd on the stalk away. 0 God ! it is a fearful thing To — This silent tongue shall plead for thee When Time unveils Eternity I Say, did these fingers delve... | |
 | Passages, John Allen Giles - 1881 - 644 pągines
...swift, and tuneful tongue. If falsehood's honey it disdained, And when it could not praise, was chained, If bold in virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle concord never broke ! This silent tongue shall plead for thee When time unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1882 - 862 pągines
...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...fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine t To hew the rock or wear the gem Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of truth they sought,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 958 pągines
...silent Tongue shall plead for thee Wheu time unveils Eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine ī s meant for mankind ; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining little now avail to them. But if the page of truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought,... | |
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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... 
