 | William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...liv'd unknown, Till Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names, No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong, And Hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, • Is cold on thii. She execrates indeed,... | |
 | William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. "With their names No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong ; ' ' And Hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong ; And Hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fan&ifies his fong : And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1800 - 438 pages
...remember them. They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With...history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious sufFrers little... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 364 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their aflies flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong i And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is old on this. She execrates indeed The... | |
 | William Cowper - 1800 - 394 pages
...They liv'd unknown Till perfecution dragg'd them into fame, And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ames flew —No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and fanctifies his fong : And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed... | |
 | William Cowper - English poetry - 1802 - 350 pages
...them. They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, , . And chas'd them up to heav'n. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With...history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious sufPrers little... | |
 | Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...! Yet few remember them. They liv'd unknown Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, 725 And chas'd them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their name* No bard embalms and sanftifies his song : And history, so warm on meaner themes, • Is cold... | |
 | William Cowper - 1802 - 364 pages
...They lived unknown Till perfecution dragged them into fame, And chafed them up to heaven. Their afhes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and tancSifies his fong: And hiftory, fo warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. She execrates indeed The... | |
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They lived unknown, Till persecution dragg'd them into fame, And chased them up to heaven. Their ashes flew — No marble tells us whither. With their names No bard embalms and sanctifies his song: And history, so warm on meaner themes, Is cold on this. 
