 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...They lived unknown Till perfecution dragged them into fame, And chafed them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and tancSifies his fong: And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong : And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1805 - 376 pages
...They lived unknown Till perfecution dragged them into fame, And chafed them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fan£tifies his fong : And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation to the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To -walk with God, to be divinely...» 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... | |
 | William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...noblest claim, , . Our claim to feed 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 dragged them into fame, And chased them up to heaven; Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...with more pain. 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,...anticipate the skies ! Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew...... | |
 | Christian biography - 1810 - 548 pages
...with more pain. 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. COWPER. BISHOP HOOPER. JOHN HOOPER student and graduate in the University of Oxford, after the study... | |
 | William Cowper - 1811 - 228 pages
...with more pain. 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,...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... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1814 - 496 pages
...pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Onr claim to feed npon immortal trnth. To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Vet few remember them. They liv'd nnknown, Till Persecntion dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them... | |
 | William Cowper - 1815 - 338 pages
...it with more pain. 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,...anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till Persecution dragg'd them into fame, And ehas'd them up to Heav'n. Their ashes flew... | |
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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. 
