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 Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell - Page 68by James Russell Lowell, Horace Elisha Scudder - 1924 - 492 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 - 302 pages
...within, — 259 Slavery, the earth-born Cyclops, fellest of the giant brood, Sons of brutish Force and Darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood,...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
...within, — 259 Slavery, the earth-born Cyclops, fellest of the giant brood, Sons of brutish Force and Darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood,...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... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...cave within, — Slavery, the earthborn Cyclops, fellest of the giant brood, Sons of brutish Force and Darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood,...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it. is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside,... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - Boston courier - 1852 - 270 pages
...compromise with sin." Slavery, the earthborn Cyclops, fellest of the giant brood, Sons of brutish Force and Darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood,...wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
| 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... | |
| 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 crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside,... | |
| 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
...compromise with sin." [brood, Slavery, the earthborn Cyclops, fellest of the giant Suns of brutish Force and Darkness, who have drenched the earth with blood,...in his self-made desert, blinded by our purer day, VOL. i. 11 Gropes in yet unblasted regions for his miserable prey ;— Shall we guide his gory fingers... | |
| Theodore Parker - Sermons, American - 1861 - 432 pages
...I will 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 crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit, and 't is prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
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