 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...snare for all ! And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stonily ! Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From hope and heaven ? Ijet not the land, once proud of him,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1874 - 500 pages
...not, —the Tempter hath A snare for all; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back m night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...And pitying tears, not seorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! Oh! dumb be passion, stormy rage, When lie who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Scorn! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven. Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark. From... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...— the Tempter liath A snare for all ! And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall! 0, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age Falls back in night 1 Scorn ! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | Elliott W. Preston - 1876 - 206 pages
...years but give My page a deeper meaning to rehearse This Drama of the Past! There sleeps no curse " 0, 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 A bright Soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | Manfred - 1876 - 204 pages
...years but give My page a deeper meaning to rehearse This Drama of the Past! There sleeps no curse " O, 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 A bright Soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 316 pages
...— the Tempter hath A snare for a¡1 ; And pitving trar.s, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and Ted his age, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven. Fiend-goaded,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 pages
...— the Tempter hath A snare for all ! And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! 0, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age Falls back in night I Scorn ! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1877 - 104 pages
...— the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | American poems - 1878 - 536 pages
...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 A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From... | |
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Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From hope and heaven! Let not the land once proud of him Insult him now, Nor brand with deeper shame his dim, Dishonored brow. 
