 tis then he draws, And single fights forsaken virtue's cause : Sings still of ancient rights and better times, Seeks suffering good, arraigns successful crimes.' " And George Chapman : — ' There is no danger to a man who knows What life and death is...  Thoreau: the Poet-naturalist: With Memorial Verses - Page 252by William Ellery Channing - 1873 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 1839 - 824 pages
...Milton. When the sword glitten o'er the judge's head, And fear has coward churchmen silenced, Then is the poet's time, 'tis then he draws, And single fights forsaken virtue's cause. M«rwS. It consisted not of rabies, yet the small pieces of it were of a pleasant reddish colour, and... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...masts crack, And his rapt ship run on her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man who knows What life and death are ; there 's not any law Exceeds his knowledge; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1846 - 546 pages
...her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life and death is : there 's not any law Exceeds his knowledge; neither is it lawful That he should sloop to any other law: He goes before them and commands them all,... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1857 - 408 pages
...When the sword glitters o'er the judge's head, And fear has coward churchmen silenced, Then is the poet's time, 'tis then he draws, And single fights forsaken virtue's cause. He, when the wheel of empire whirleth back, And though the world's disjointed axle crack, Sings still... | |
 | James Redpath - 1860 - 530 pages
...When the sword glitters o'er the judge's head, And fear has coward churchmen silenced, Then is the poet's time ; 'tis then he draws, And single fights forsaken virtue's cause ; He, when the wheel of empire whirleth back, And though the world's disjointed axle crack, Sings still... | |
 | Andrew Marvell - 1870 - 224 pages
...When the sword glitters o'er the judge's head, And fear has coward churchmen silenced, Then is the poet's time, 'tis then he draws, And single fights forsaken virtue's cause. He, when the wheel of empire whirleth back, And though the world's disjointed axle crack, Sings still... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1873 - 388 pages
...When the sword glitters o'er the judge's head, And fear has coward churchmen silenced, Then is the poet's time; 'tis then he draws, And single fights...to a man who knows What life and death is ; there 'a not any law Exceeds his knowledge.' " And Wotton: — ' Who hath his life from rumors freed, Of... | |
 | Edwin Percy Whipple - 1873 - 424 pages
...her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man thai knows What life and death is : there 's not any law Exceeds his knowledge ; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any other law ; He goes before them and commands them... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1887 - 584 pages
...her side so low, That she drinks water, and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man, that knows ! What life and death is : there 's not any law Exceeds his knowledge ; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any other law : He goes before them, and commands them... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1889 - 514 pages
...on her side so low That she drinks water and her keel ploughs air. There is no danger to a man that knows What life and death is; there 's not any law Exceeds his knowledge; neither is it lawful That he should stoop to any other law." Professor Minto thinks that the rival... | |
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