 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 sider
...If future time should prove the guilt Who THINK you act the right. And can ye give him life again, May somewhere else belong ? Then, DARE ye swing your...innocent Has been suspended there ? Suppose he did it—and suppose Your priests around him placed, Teaching, repentance may atone, And sinners may be... | |
 | 1876 - 732 sider
...Although for crime arraigned, And proofs may cluster thickly round By circumstance maintained ; He may be innocent and stand Before his Maker's sight A spotless...before the throne, Becomes a saint, and purified, And Heav'n he feels his own ; With anxious zeal his spirit craves To till life's little span With calling... | |
 | 1876 - 734 sider
...Brother's form High up in Heaven's free air, When lime may tell, an innocent Has been suspended there1' Suppose he did it— and suppose Your priests around...may atone, And sinners may be graced — Suppose he docs repent, and lios Wanked clean before the throne, Becomes a saint, and purified, And Heav'n he... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1905 - 872 sider
...ye swing your brother's form High up in Heaven's free air, When time may tell an innocent Has heen suspended there? Suppose he did it — and suppose...around him placed, Teaching repentance may atone, And smners may he graced — Suppose he does repent, and lies Washed clean before the throne, Becomes a... | |
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Although for crime arraigned, And proofs may cluster thickly round By circumstance maintained ; He may be innocent and stand Before his Maker's sight A spotless one, more pure than you, Who THINK you act the right. And can ye give him life again, Or mete... 