 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....  Poetical Works - Page 68by John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 522 pagesFull 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 - 308 pages
...regions for his miserable prey : Shall we guide his gory angers where our helpless children play ? 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, when the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...regions for his miserable prey; — Shall we guide his gory fingers where our helpless children play ? Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her...in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, Count me o'er Earth's chosen heroes, — they were souls that stood alone While the men they agonized... | |
 | Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1852 - 456 pages
...I w^jll not wait till they are dead and classic before I call them so and honor them as such, for " To side with truth is noble when we share her wretched...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they once denied, For Humanity sweeps onward ; where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas,... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...Declaration 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...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... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - Boston courier - 1852 - 272 pages
...regions for his miserable prey ; — Shall we guide his gory fingers where our helpless children play? 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... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1855 - 780 pages
...when wo share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame or profit, and 'tis prosperous to be jost ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward...aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord be crucified, Ала the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. For Humanity sweeps onward... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - Boarding schools - 1857 - 446 pages
...cornea the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side : * ***** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward...in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified." LOWELL. THE turning point in our hero's school career had now come, and the manner of it was as follows.... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - Boarding schools - 1858 - 414 pages
...comes the moment to decide In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side : ****** Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward...in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified." LowELL. THE turning point in our hero's school career had now come, and the manner of it was as follows.... | |
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