The martyr first, whose eagle eye Could pierce beyond the grave, Who saw his Master in the sky, And called on Him to save. Like Him, with pardon on His tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong; Who follows in His train? The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber, and Pollok - Page 10by Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 470 pagesFull view - About this book
| Arminianism - 1827 - 916 pages
...tongue In midst of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong • Who follows in his traiu? A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, the truth they knew, And brav'd the cross and flame -, They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The... | |
| 1827 - 590 pages
...tongue In midst of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong ! Who follows in his train ? A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the spirit...; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The lion's gory mane : They bow'd... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 650 pages
...tongue in midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong. Who follows in his train ? ' A glorious band, the chosen few on whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, the truth they knew, and braved the cross and flame ; They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, the lion's... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1827 - 648 pages
...tongue in midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong. Who follows in his train ? ' A glorious band, the chosen few on whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, the truth they knew, and braved the cross and flame ; They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, the lion's... | |
| Baptists - 1827 - 676 pages
...tongue, In midst of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong : — Who follows in his train .' A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the Spirit came, Twelve valiant saints ; the truih they knew, And braved the cross and shame : They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The... | |
| Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Apostles - 1828 - 162 pages
...tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong ! Who follows in his train ? A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the spirit...necks the death to feel ! Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid, Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes... | |
| Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1828 - 138 pages
...his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong! Who follows in His train ? A glorious band, the chosen few On whom the Spirit...; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The lion's gory mane : They bow'd... | |
| Reginald Heber - Hymns, English - 1828 - 340 pages
...tongue In midst of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong ! Who follows in his train ? A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the spirit...; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The lion's gory mane : They bow'd... | |
| Christian poetry, English - 1828 - 398 pages
...of mortal pain, He pray'd for them that did the wrong ! Who follows in his train ? A glorious hand, the chosen few, On whom the Spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandish'd steel, The lion's gory mane : They bow'd... | |
| Reginald Heber - Church year - 1830 - 204 pages
...his tongue In midst of mortal pain, He prayed for them that did the wrong. Who follows in his train ! A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the spirit...necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid, Around the Saviour's throne rejoice, In robes... | |
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