 | Christopher Wordsworth (DD.) - Christian biography - 1839 - 688 pages
...his death with wonderfull patience, in the defence of the quarell of Christes gospell. BISHOP HOOPER. A Patriot's blood Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And fur a time ensure, to his lov'd land The sweets of liberty and equal laws. Hut Martyrs struggle for... | |
 | Protestant association - 1840 - 302 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and t; immortalize her trust : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 456 pages
...fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood. Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time insure, to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Honor - 1841 - 40 pages
...bond in stone and ever-during brass, To guard them, and t' immortalise her trust; But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those, who posted at...the shrine of truth, Have fallen in her defence." TAsK, B. v. Why is this passion implanted in the human bosom? Why so universal ? Why is it seen in... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 240 pages
...in stone and ever-during brass 710 To guard them, and t' immortalize her trust : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, 715 And, for... | |
 | William Cowper - 1842 - 162 pages
...in stone and ever-during brass 710 To guard them, and t' immortalize her trust : But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fall'n in her defence. A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, 715 And, for... | |
 | John Sydney Taylor - Lawyers - 1843 - 568 pages
...The reader may find the passage by turning to where these lines occur :— " But fairer wreaths arc due, though never paid, To those, who posted at the...spent in such a strife may earn indeed, And for a time insure to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws : But martyrs struggle for a brighter... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 320 pages
...cause Bled nobly, and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recornpence .... But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who posted at...spent in such a strife, may earn indeed And for a time insure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 320 pages
...cause Bled nobly, and their deeds, as they deserve, Receive proud recompence .... But fairer wreaths are due, though never paid, To those who posted at...spent in such a strife, may earn indeed And for a time insure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - Christian ethics - 1844 - 240 pages
...good angels, which more careless enquiries term but the effects of chance and nature. Rel. Med. p. 64. To those who posted at the shrine of truth Have fallen...spent in such a strife, may earn indeed And for a time insure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter... | |
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And for a time ensure, to his lov'd land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws ; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim... 
