Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name Whom but a day's — an hour's... Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance - Side 233af Thomas Moore - 1856 - 392 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| 1817 - 728 sider
...appropriate simile, page 203. "Rebellion! foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of...ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit born to bless Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted to eternal fame!... | |
| 1817 - 548 sider
...and religion. Rebellion ! foul dishonouring word Whose wrongful blight во oft has stained 'I'll.'; holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal, ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit born to bless, Нот eunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's an hoar's success, Had wafted to eternal... | |
| 1817 - 710 sider
...SOS. " Rebellion ! foul dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest c.iu?e that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit born to bless Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 492 sider
...eloquence in the following apostrophe. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whow wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gainM. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hat sunk beneath tbut withi'img name, Whom but a day's, an... | |
| H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley - 1817 - 502 sider
...dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause- that tongue or sivord Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1819 - 536 sider
...the odious one of Rebellion? " Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose- wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of...lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
| 1822 - 858 sider
...spirits who have struggled for liberty — and failed — " Spirits born to bless, Now crush'd beneath a withering name, Whom but a day's — an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame !" It is intended to bring them to the scaffold by poisoning the public mind before their trial, by... | |
| 1822 - 824 sider
...spirits who have struggled for liberty — and failed — " Spirits boni to bless, Now crush'd beneath a withering name, Whom but a day's — an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame !" It is intended to bring them to the scaffold by poisoning the public mind before their trial, by... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 428 sider
...thee from the shore. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath...exhalations, when they burst From the warm earth, if chill 'd at first, If check'd in soaring from the plain, Darken to fogs and sink again ; — But, if... | |
| Mathew Carey - 1823 - 534 sider
...the odious name of rebellion? "Rebellion! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of...lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted to eternal fame... | |
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