 | Robert Pollok - 1827 - 534 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less. And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...offered up Their souls, and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what ? an hour of dreaming joy ; A feverish hour that hasted to be done, And ended... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1828 - 408 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less ; And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...folly, offered up Their souls and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what ? an hour of dreaming joy, A feverish hour that hasted to be done, And ended... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 282 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less ; And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...folly, offered up Their souls and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what ? — an hour of dreaming joy, A feverish hour that hasted to be done, And ended... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less. And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...offered up Their souls, and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what ? an hour of dreaming joy ; A feverish hour that hasted to be done, And ended... | |
 | Robert Pollok - English poetry - 1828 - 408 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less; And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...conscience, friends, Love, charity, benevolence, and jail The sweet and tender sympathies of life; And, to complete the horrid murderous rite, And signalize... | |
 | Robert Pollok, William Jenks - Books and reading - 1828 - 256 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less ; And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith, integrity ; good conscience, friends, 44 Love, charity, benevolence, and all The sweet and tender sympathies of life ; And, to complete the... | |
 | Robert Pollok - Judgment Day - 1829 - 300 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less. And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...complete the horrid murderous rite, And signalize tlieir tolly, offered up Then: souls, and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what 1 an hour of... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1831 - 510 pages
...devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less; And on its altar sacrificed case, peace, Truth, faith, integrity: good conscience, friends,...folly, offered up Their souls and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what? — an hour of dreaming joy, A feverish hour that hasted to be done, And ended... | |
 | Robert Pollok - English poetry - 1831 - 362 pages
...admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less. And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith,...benevolence, and all The sweet and tender sympathies of life l And to complete the horrid murderous rite, And signalize their folly, offered up Their souls, and... | |
 | Robert Pollok - 1831 - 294 pages
...the less. And on its allar sacrificed ease, peace, Truth, faith, integrity ; good conscience, friend^ Love, charity, benevolence, and all The sweet and...complete the horrid murderous rite, And signalize tlieir folly, offered up Their soula, and an eternity of bliss, To gain them — what ! an hour of... | |
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A dust dug from the bowels of the earth, Which, being cast into the fire, came out A shining thing that fools admired, and called A god ; and in devout and humble plight Before it kneeled, the greater to the less ; And on its altar sacrificed ease, peace,... 
