 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. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown, Till Persecution dragged them into...  Poems - Page 150by William Cowper - 1821Full view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 386 pages
...for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is fhed In confirmation of the nobleft claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To foar, and to anticipate the fkies. Yet few remember them. They lived unknown Till perfecution dragged... | |
 | William Cowper - 1803 - 362 pages
...brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is fhed In confirmation of the nobleft claim— 3ur claim to feed upon immortal Truth, To' walk with God, to be divinely free, 9 fbar, and to anticipate the fkies 1 Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1806 - 234 pages
...martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation to the noblest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal...» 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 - English poetry - 1808 - 338 pages
...for a hrighter prize , And win it with more pain. Their hlood is shed In confirmation of the nohlest claim, Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to he divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skie». Yet few rememher them. They liv'd unknqwp.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1810 - 212 pages
...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.... Our claim...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
...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 — Our claim...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
...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 — Our claim...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... | |
 | Missions - 1858 - 778 pages
...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... | |
 | Missions - 1825 - 618 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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