 | 1802 - 302 страници
...! Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 725 And chas'd them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their name* No bard embalms and sanftifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, •... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 страници
...upon imrnortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely fee, , To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution...heaven; Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song: And history, so warm on meaner themes, <:•;... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 234 страници
...To soar and to 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 — No marble tells us whither. With their names o bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is... | |
 | 1858 - 778 страници
...zeal, i to awaken proper veneration for VOL. IXXYI. the noble army of English martyrs, many of whom "lived unknown, till persecution dragged them into fame, and chased them up to heaven." It was a common custom in ancient times for men to go forth on pilgrimage to places hallowed by religious... | |
 | 1825 - 618 страници
...which the world bestowson some of its best benefactors. - — Few remember them. They lived unkown^. Till persecution dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes Hew, — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1815 - 88 страници
...lines are but too appropriate. They 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 his song ; And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 240 страници
...truth, To walk with God, to he divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few rememher them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged...chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marhle tells us wither. With their names No hard emhalms and sanctifies his song : And history , so... | |
 | William Cowper - 1817 - 252 страници
...truth, To walk with God, to he divinely Tree, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few rememher them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged...fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — Wo marhle tells us wither. With their names No hard emhalms and sanctifies his song : And history,... | |
 | John Evans - 1819 - 444 страници
...soar, and 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 No marble tells us whither. With their names, No bard embalms and sanctifies his song; And HISTORY, so warm on meaner themes, I&... | |
 | William Cowper - 1869 - 306 страници
...skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd 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 namoe No bard embalms and sanctifies his song : And luster v . so warm on meaner themes.... | |
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Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame And chased them up to heaven. 
