Shall we make their creed our jailer? Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old prophets steal the funeral lamps away To light up the martyr- fagots round the prophets of to-day? Talks about Jesus - Page 132by Minot Judson Savage - 1881 - 161 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1846 - 308 pages
...Smothering in their holy ashes Freedom's new-lit altar fires; Shall we make their creed our jailor ? Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of...prophets steal the funeral lamps away, To light up the martyr-faggots round the prophets of to-day 1 New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good... | |
| 1846 - 302 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse, which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...sires, Smothering in their holy ashes Freedom's new-lit altar fires; Shall we make their creed our jailor ? Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them; we are traitors...tombs of the old prophets steal the funeral lamps away New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 272 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...up the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day ? Kew occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 270 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...prophets steal the funeral lamps away To light up the manyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day? New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...sires, Smothering in their holy ashes Freedom's new-lit Shall we make their creed our jailer ? Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old prophets... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have lights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors to our sires,...ashes Freedom's new-lit altar-fires ; Shall we make tlieir creed our jailer ? Shall we, in our haste to slay, From the tombs of the old prophets steal... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 342 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...old prophets steal the funeral lamps away To light np the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day? New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient... | |
| 1868 - 416 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...Smothering in their holy ashes, freedom's new-lit altar fires ; Shall we make their creed our jailor ; shall we in our haste to slay, From the tombs... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1871 - 340 pages
...while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors...slay, From the tombs of the old prophets steal the fun eral lamps away To light up the martyr-fagots round the prophets of to-day? New occasions teach... | |
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