They were men of present valor, stalwart old iconoclasts; Unconvinced by axe or gibbet that all virtue was the Past's: But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free. Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee... The Review of Reviews - Página 296editado por - 1892Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| 1846 - 302 páginas
...the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse, which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 páginas
...the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them; we are traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| Joseph Tinker Buckingham - 1852 - 270 páginas
...the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in' mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1858 - 342 páginas
...the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have rights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 páginas
...the Past's ; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. They have lights who dare maintain them ; we are traitors to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 354 páginas
...was the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. New occasions teach new duties! Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
| Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 páginas
...the Past's ; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. New occasions leach new duties ! Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
| Frank Moore - 1866 - 654 páginas
...was the Past's; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made ш free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. New occasions teach new duties ! Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
| Richard Grant White - 1866 - 368 páginas
...the Past's ; But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea. IXew occasions teach new duties ! Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward,... | |
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