 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, to mark...  The Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - Page 177by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1874 - 481 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1901 - 604 pages
...slave-hunter. And even Whittier deplored wlftit he thought the apostasy of the statesman in the lines beginning So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from those grey hairs gone For evermore ! Abolitionists, however, did not confine themselves like Whittier... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Christian life - 1833 - 142 pages
...American 'poet describe the death of that which is best within us — the death before death : — " So fallen ! so lost ! The light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from the grey hairs gone For evermore ! " All else is gone : from those great eyes The soul has fled ; When... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 144 pages
...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 the light withdrawn Which once...pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall !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... | |
 | William Lloyd Garrison - Abolitionists - 1852 - 428 pages
...DANIEL WEBSTER ! Where shall we look in history for a more melancholy instance of human degradation ? ' So fallen, so lost! the light withdrawn Which once...wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Forevermore ! Of all we loved and honored, nought Save power remains — A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still... | |
 | Edward Josiah Stearns - Slavery - 1853 - 328 pages
...and blaspheming," and Mr. Whittier, in reference to that same speech, wrote the following : ICHABOD. So fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore ! Revile him not— the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and... | |
 | Edward Josiah Stearns - Slavery - 1853 - 340 pages
...and blaspheming," and Mr. Whittier, in reference to that same speech, wrote the following : ICHABOD. So fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore ! Revile him not — the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 500 pages
...call dishonor." An eminent statesman will find it difficult to outlive the following lines : — " So fallen, so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his grey hairs gone For ever more. " Let not the land once proud of him Insult hirn now, Nor brand with... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 508 pages
...call dishonor." An eminent statesman will find it difficult to outlive the following lines : — •' So fallen, so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The <?lory from his grey hairs gone For ever more. " Let not the laud once proud of him Insult him now,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...alone that pile shall tell to Fame Of the brave heart beneath, but of the builders' shame ! IOHABOD !' So fallen, so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once...wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone Forevermore 1 1 This is Wm. Leggett, who in 1829 wai invited by Win. C. Bryant as associate editor of the "Evening... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...Liberty and Lore, And Truth, and Right, throughout the earth be known As in their home above. ICHABOD !l So fallen ! so lost ! the light withdrawn Which once he wore ! The glory from his gray hairs gone For evermore ! Revile him not, — the Tempter hath A snare for all ! And pitying tears, not scorn... | |
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