 He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropp'd upon his bible was sincere. Assail'd by scandal, and the tongue of strife, His only answer was — a blameless life ; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest...  Poems - Page 170by William Cowper - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 pages
...last. Now Truth perform thy office ; waft aside The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride : He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere ; Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1839 - 554 pages
...pass'd, Die when he might, he must be damn'd at last. Now, Truth, perform thine office ; waft aside The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride, Reveal (the man is dead) to wondering eyes This more than monster in his proper guise. He loved the world that hated him ; the... | |
 | John Marsh - 1840 - 480 pages
...finally died in the midst of his labors, at Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 30, 1770, aged 55. " He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere : Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And... | |
 | William Cowper - 1841 - 260 pages
...d : Die when he might, he must be damn'd at last. Now, Truth, perform thine office ; waft aside 570 The curtain drawn by Prejudice and Pride, Reveal,...(the man is dead) to wond'ring eyes, This more than monster in his proper guise. He lov'd the world that hated him ; the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible... | |
 | Mary Milner - 1852 - 836 pages
...plain rule ; And when by that of reason, a mere fool. Now, Truth, perform thine office : waft aside The curtain drawn by Prejudice and Pride; Reveal (the man is dead) to wond'ring eyes This more than monster, in his proper guise : He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pages
...greatest benefactors of the human race, with the just and beautiful eulogium of Cowper :— He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere. Assailed by scandal, and the tongue of strife, Hit only answer was— a blameless life. And... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1847 - 486 pages
...justice to the noble devotedness of his Christian character. Now, Truth, perform thine office, waft aside The curtain drawn by Prejudice and Pride ; Reveal (the man is dead) to pondering eyes This more than monster, in his proper guise. He loved the world that hated him : the... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...pass'd ; Die when he might, he mnst be damn'd at last. Now, Truth, perform thine office ; waft aside The curtain drawn by Prejudice and Pride, Reveal (the man is dead) to wond'ring eyes This more than monster in his proper guise. He loved the World that hated him ; the tear That dropp'd upon his Bible... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1848 - 336 pages
...was past, Die when he might, he must be damned at last. Now, Truth, perform thine office: waft aside The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride: Reveal (the man is dead) to wondering eyes, This more than monster in his proper guise. Ho loved the world that hated him; the... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1849 - 346 pages
...past, Die when he might, he must be damned at last. — Now, Truth, perform thine office ; waft aside The curtain drawn by prejudice and pride: Reveal (the man is dead) to wondering eyes, This more than monster in his proper guise. — He loved the world that hated him ;... | |
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