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 he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in... The Works of Augustus M. Toplady - Page 137by Augustus Toplady - 1794Full view - About this book
| William Cowper - 1818 - 448 lehte
...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 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 - 1821 - 556 lehte
...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 tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere ; Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life : And... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 554 lehte
...flattery, it still approaches far more near to the original than the caricature of Johnstone : 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... | |
| Walter Scott - 1825 - 260 lehte
...flattery, it still approaches far more near to the original than the caricature of Johnstone : , He loved the world that hated him — the tear That dropped upon his bible w:is sincere. Assailed by scandal, and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blamt-ie ,s life... | |
| 1826 - 538 lehte
...flattery, it still approaches far more near to the original than the caricature of Johnstone : " 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... | |
| John Marsh - 1827 - 498 lehte
...finally died in the midst of his labours at Newbnryport, Mass. September, 30, 1770, aged fifty-five. " He lov'd 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... | |
| John Marsh - 1828 - 674 lehte
...finally died in the midst of his labours at Newburyport, Mass. Sept. 60, 1770, aged 55. " He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropped upon his Bible, was sincere ; Assayed by «candal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life ; And... | |
| 1834 - 692 lehte
...conviction, as GEORGE WHITEFIELJ Of whom else could Cowper have written such a panegyric ?' 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 :... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1838 - 400 lehte
...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... | |
| John Marsh - 1840 - 480 lehte
...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... | |
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