 Oh evil was the root, and bitter was the fruit, And crimson was the juice of the vintage that we trod ; For we trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places, and slew the saints of God.  Knight's Penny Magazine - Page 2231846Full view - About this book
 | David Charles Bell - Elocution - 1879 - 556 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sat in the high places, and slew the saints of God. It was about the noon of a glorious day of...shine; And the Man of Blood was there, with his long essenc£d hair, And Astley, and Sir Marmaduke, and Rupert, of the Rhine. Like a servant of the Lord,... | |
 | William Gordon McCabe - Ballads - 1879 - 174 pages
...It was abont the noon of a glorions day of Jnne, That we saw their banners dance and their cnirasses shine, And the Man of Blood was there, with his long essenced hair, And Astley, and Sir llarmadnke, and Enpert of the Rhine. Like a servant of the Lord, with his Bible and his sword, The... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places and slew the saints smallest orb which thou behold'st, But in his motion...immortal souls : But whilst this muddy vesture of decay D Mannaduke, and Rupert of the Rhine. Like a servant of the Lord, with his Bible and his sword, The General... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Criminal law - 1880 - 684 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sat in the high-places and slew the saints of God. It was about the noon of a glorious day of...shine ; And the Man of Blood was there, with his long esscnced hair, And Astley and Sir Mannadukc, and Rupert of the Rhine. Like a servant of the Lord, with... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places and slew the saints m and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatch'd hia long essenced hair, And Astley, and Sir Marmaduke, and Rupert of the Rhine. Like a servant of the... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American poetry - 1881 - 1000 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong Who sat in the high places, and slew the saints per & Brothers Aud the Man of Blood was there, with his long esseuced hair, And Astley and Sir Marmaduke and Rupert... | |
 | J. M. Russell - 1881 - 486 pages
...very pertinent words." Macaulay, in his stirring ballad on the battle of Naseby, alludes to him — And the Man of Blood was there, with his long essenced...Astley, and Sir Marmaduke, and Rupert of the Rhine. At the close of the war he retired to his seat at the Palace, Maidstone, where he quietly passed the... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - 1881 - 296 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places and slew the saints of God. " It was about the noon of a glorious day of June, That ve saw their banners dance and their cuirasses shine ; And the Hvi of Blood was there, with his long... | |
 | Bernard Henry Becker - Ireland - 1881 - 364 pages
...also carried lethal weapons. His prim wife and daughters bare Bibles, and his serving men, muskets. " Like a servant of the Lord, With his Bible and his sword," the unflinching old soldier of the Commonwealth strode manfully from his homestead to his religious duties,... | |
 | William Morley Punshon - Protestants - 1882 - 520 pages
...trampled on the throng of the haughty and the strong, Who sate in the high places and slew the saints of God. " It was about the noon of a glorious day...essenced hair, And Astley, and Sir Marmaduke, and Eupert of the Ehine. " Like a servant of the Lord with his Bible and his sword, The. General rode along... | |
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