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
| 1879 - 692 páginas
...we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchment, while our tender spirits flee The rude grasp of 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,... | |
| 1868 - 416 páginas
...the Past's ; But we make their truth our falsehood; thinking lhat 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,... | |
| Nahor Augustus Staples - 1870 - 282 páginas
...than these. " Thus 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." This is all false reasoning and false sentiment, which emasculates society. It is inquiring unwisely.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 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 traitor, to our sires, Smothering in their holy ashes... | |
| 1876 - 564 páginas
...rock sublime ? 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 - 1876 - 450 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 - 1876 - 434 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 - 1877 - 572 páginas
...falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments, while our tender spirits Hire The rude grasp of 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 - 1880 - 662 páginas
...Past's ; ll.it we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that hath made us free, jToarding 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... | |
| Frances Anne Budge - 1881 - 142 páginas
...was tJie Past's. But we make their truth our falsehood, thinking that has set us free, Hoarding it in mouldy parchments while our tender spirits flee The...that great Impulse which drove them across the sea." JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. JOSEPH COALE AND AMBROSE RIGGE. " The Law promised a crown when the struggle... | |
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