 | Congregational churches - 1893 - 468 pages
...Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtcr'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold. Ev'n them who -kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not in thy book; record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in... | |
 | Hill Dawe Wickham - Waldenses - 1847 - 264 pages
...apostrophizes an avenging God : "Avenge, OTiord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold : E'en them, who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans, Who were thy sheep, and... | |
 | Sharon Scholl - Art - 1984 - 252 pages
...Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshiped stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in... | |
 | Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Poetry - 1989 - 216 pages
...Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold, Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep and in... | |
 | David Loewenstein, James Turner - History - 1990 - 308 pages
..."antient Fold" more acutely because they had demonstrated their constancy over many centuries ("Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old / When all our Fathers worship't Stocks and Stones"). For Milton and European Protestants the "Piemontese Easter" presented... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...Avenge O Lord thy slaughter' d Saints, whose bones Lie scatter' d on the Alpine mountains cold, Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our Fathers worship' t Stocks and Stones, Forget not: in thy look record their groanes Who were Ay Sheep and in... | |
 | Derek Attridge - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1995 - 300 pages
...fall in the expected places, the emphasis is weakened and the lines lose some of their power: (9a) Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep and in their ancient fold Were slain by bloody Piedmontese that rolled The mother with the infant down the rocks. Not every departure... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scattcr'd on the Alpine mountains cold, Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worship't stocks and stones. Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep and in... | |
 | Masson - Poetry - 1995 - 228 pages
...Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold, Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in... | |
 | Ronald Charles Thompson - Religion - 1996 - 180 pages
...Avenge O Lord thy slaughtered Saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold, Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worship't stocks & stones, Forget not: in thy book record their groanes Who were thy Sheep, and in... | |
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AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones... 
