Revile him not — the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! Oh ! dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh,... National Lyrics - Page 78by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1890 - 404 pages
...so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his grey hairs gone For evermore ! Revile him not ! the Tempter hath A snare for all...pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall. OI dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age Falls back in night... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - 1890 - 976 pages
...he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore 1 Revile him not — the tempter hath Л snare for all ! And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! Oh ! dumb is passion's stormy rags, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1891 - 534 pages
...lost ! the light with, drawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Fore verm ore ! Revile him not, — the Tempter hath A snare for all...And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fail ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back... | |
| 1891 - 734 pages
...rose bright o'erhead ; Nothing in Nature's aspect intimated That a great man was dead. LONGFELLOW. ICHABOD ! So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn...once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Revile him not, — the tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and -wrath, Befit... | |
| John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 pages
...Than to he mindfnl of the happy time In misery.2 Inferno. Canto e. Line 121. JOHN G. WHITTIER. 1807— So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ; The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore ! ichahod ! Making their lives a prayer. To AK On receiving a Battet of Sea-Mnsses. And... | |
| Frederic William Farrar - 1891 - 384 pages
...are, the more will this be true. It is thus that a poet wrote of an American statesman now dead: — " So fallen, so lost ! The light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from the gray hairs gone For evermore ! " All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled ; When... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 608 pages
...we claim ; But, o'er the sounding wave, A common right to Elliott's name, A freehold in his grave ! ICHABOD ! So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn...his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh,... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 536 pages
...this desecration, make his last days glorious in defence of " Liberty and Union, one and inseparable." So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once...wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Forevermore ! Kevile him not, the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit... | |
| William De Witt Hyde - 1892 - 234 pages
...thought a great man had sacrificed his convictions to his desire for office and love of popularity: So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once...wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Forevermore ! Of all we loved and honored, naught Save power remains, — A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 480 pages
...this desecration, make his last days glorious in defence of " Liberty and Union, one and inseparable." So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Forever more ! Revile him not, the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and... | |
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