 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
 | John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 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 heaven. Their ashes flew... | |
 | J. R - 1824 - 350 pages
...equal laws ; Sat Martyrt ttruggle/or a brighter prize, And win it with mare pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — Our claim...divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.' " The time of departure had now arrived, and when our young friends were about to take an affectionate... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1825 - 248 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 to...remember them. They lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to Heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells u» whither.... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1832 - 534 pages
...hierarchy. Of many of these witnesses for the truth in these- times, it may be said — -" They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragged them into fame, And...them up to heaven. Their ashes flew No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctities his song, And history, so warm on meaner... | |
 | John Scott - Church history - 1826 - 638 pages
...obscured and almost lost for ages — " THE WAY OF SALVATION."' i AD Yes, 1542" Their blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim, Our claim to...DIVINELY free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies." We have given some account of the writings w°rks of of Luther as far as the end of the year 1541.... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1826 - 242 pages
...prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 725 And chas'd them up to Heaven. Their ashes... | |
 | William Cowper - 1826 - 242 pages
...prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim — 720 Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with...to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skiesi Tet few remember them. They liv'd unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 725 And... | |
 | Robert OXLAD - 1826 - 240 pages
...soar and to anticipate the skies. Yet few rememher them. They lived unknown, Till persecution draggM them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew— No marhle tells us whither. With their names No hard emhalms and sanctifies his songj And history, so... | |
 | Baptists - 1826 - 674 pages
...had been obscured and almost lost for ages, • THE WAV OF SALVATION ! Yes, ' Their blood was shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Our claim to feed upon IMMORTAL тнктн, To walk with God, to be DIVINbLY free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies.' " pp.504—... | |
 | William Cowper - 1828 - 468 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 to...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... | |
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