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Page 83
... retreat , surrounded by a dense covering of copse and brushwood , whose silence was disturbed , only by the murmur- ing of a little stream , which gurgled through the valley . The moonbeams , which struggled through the thick branches ...
... retreat , surrounded by a dense covering of copse and brushwood , whose silence was disturbed , only by the murmur- ing of a little stream , which gurgled through the valley . The moonbeams , which struggled through the thick branches ...
Page 84
... retreats and villages of Switzer- land , a respite from the sword of persecution ; and their brethren of a common faith , seemed to rival one another in compassionating the fugitives , soothing their sorrows , relieving their sufferings ...
... retreats and villages of Switzer- land , a respite from the sword of persecution ; and their brethren of a common faith , seemed to rival one another in compassionating the fugitives , soothing their sorrows , relieving their sufferings ...
Page 94
... Retreat we cannot . And who would dream of an inglorious flight , when the snowy peaks of our native mountains are al- ready bounding the horizon ? " So saying , he dis- tributed among them the few provisions which still remained ; and ...
... Retreat we cannot . And who would dream of an inglorious flight , when the snowy peaks of our native mountains are al- ready bounding the horizon ? " So saying , he dis- tributed among them the few provisions which still remained ; and ...
Page 127
... retreat must be made under cover of darkness , as the first gleam of day would be the signal for their destruction . Before midnight , a council of war was convened , to determine what course they should pursue ; and , after mature de ...
... retreat must be made under cover of darkness , as the first gleam of day would be the signal for their destruction . Before midnight , a council of war was convened , to determine what course they should pursue ; and , after mature de ...
Page 128
... retreat , as affording a sure respite from the sanguinary horrors , to which , for two months , they had been exposed ; and , in the prospect of having it as THE BALSILLE . their permanent residence for the winter , 128 THE EXILES.
... retreat , as affording a sure respite from the sanguinary horrors , to which , for two months , they had been exposed ; and , in the prospect of having it as THE BALSILLE . their permanent residence for the winter , 128 THE EXILES.
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Page 182 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
Page 160 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and...
Page 159 - Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Page 83 - They lived unknown Till persecution dragged 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, Is cold on this.
Page 1 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 183 - And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another ; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
Page 143 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Page 136 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 1 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not...