 Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified,...  The poetical works - Page 189by James Russell Lowell - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...in William Carey's sonl shall not be disappointed, nor shall his brave attempts be wasted efforts. " Then to Side with truth is noble when We share her wretched crust, Ere her cause brings fame and profit, And 'tie prosperous to be just. Then it is the brave man chooses, while The... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...oracular; amid the market's din, List the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic cave within, — 259 Slavery, the earth-born Cyclops, fellest of the giant...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, when the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...purer day, Gropes in yet unblasted regions for his miserable prey : Shall we guide his gory angers where our helpless children play ? Then to side with...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, when the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...he never faltered, though he served without pay or pension, let it be remembered to his honour : For to side with truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust Before her cause brings fame or ptput, and 'tis prosperous to be just. The publications which he edited,... | |
 | Secularism - 1850 - 574 pages
...he never faltered, though he served without pay or pension, let it be remembered to his honour For to side with truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust Before her cause brings fame or profit, and 'tis prosperous to be j ust . The publications which he... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...of Independence, ' Sink or swim, live or die, I give my hand and my heart to this Declaration !' 1 Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | 1855 - 784 pages
...serenely from her mind ! Why, what has happened to Dr. Holmes ? Let us look again ! — Then to sido with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame or profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...drenched the earth with blood, Famished in his self-made desert, blinded by our purer day, VOL. i. 11 Gropes in yet unblasted regions for his miserable...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...valor too. I daro do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. SHAITSPEARE. Then to Eide with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...self-made desert, blinded by our purer day, VOL. i. 11 Gropes in yet unblasted regions for his miserable Shall we guide his gory fingers where our helpless...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
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