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. Poems - Página 117por William Cowper - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| William Cowper - 1800 - 438 páginas
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No... | |
| 1802 - 302 páginas
...prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their name* No bard embalms and sanftifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, • Is cold... | |
| William Cowper - 1802 - 350 páginas
...prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Oar claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God,...liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, , . And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names... | |
| 1851 - 592 páginas
...on Friday, the 6th of October, 1536, to be put to death, " In confirmation of the noblest claim, — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies." Before leaving the castle, he delivered a letter to the keeper, addressed either to Mr. or Mrs. Poyntz,... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 300 páginas
...skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven; Their ashes flew — No marble...history, so warm on meaner themes, <:•; Is cold op this. She execrates indeed The tyranny, that doomed them to -the fire, : But gives the glorious... | |
| William Cowper - 1806 - 234 páginas
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation to the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To -walk with...anticipate the skies. » Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecutions dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 212 páginas
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed" In confirmation of the noblest claim.... Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew... No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard... | |
| 1810 - 548 páginas
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. COWPER. BISHOP HOOPER. JOHN HOOPER student and graduate in the University of Oxford, after the study... | |
| William Cowper - 1810 - 404 páginas
...fame, And chas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their name* No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history,...meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The tyranny, that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious suff'rers little praise*. He is the... | |
| William Cowper - 1811 - 228 páginas
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...anticipate the skies ! Yet few remember them. They Hv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew... | |
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