 Then 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 in his abject spirit, till his Lord is...  Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons - Page 28by Theodore Parker - 1852Full view - About this book
 | 1877 - 506 pages
...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,...spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude makes virtue of the Faith they have desired. Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes, They were souls that... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...cause bring fame and profit, and 'tis prosperous to be just ; Then it is the brave man chooses, when the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit,...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. *"or Humanity sweeps onward ; where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 270 pages
...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...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. Count me o'er Earth's chosen heroes, — they were souls that stood alone . 'While the... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - 1852 - 428 pages
...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,...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.' No amount of homage paid to the past is a sure indication of living virtue. On the contrary,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1853 - 284 pages
...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...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. Count me o'er Earth's chosen heroes, -— they were souls that stood alone While the men... | |
 | 1855 - 784 pages
...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,...aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord be crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. For Humanity sweeps onward... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 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... | |
 | Thomas Hughes - 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.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...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,...crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied. • Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes,—they were souls that stood alone, While the... | |
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