 | 1901 - 736 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. Let not the land once proud of him Insult him now, Nor brand with deeper shame his dim, Dishonored... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1890 - 976 pages
...all ! And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! Oh ! dumb is passion's stormy rags, When he who might Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night THE LOST LEADER. 555 Scorn ! Would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 480 pages
...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 A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 536 pages
...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 A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1892 - 608 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, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | William James Linton - Poets, American - 1893 - 222 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 in night ! Scorn ! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1893 - 428 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, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1893 - 416 pages
...pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall ! O, dumb be passion's stormy rage, \Vhen he \vho 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 - 1894 - 582 pages
...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 A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1894 - 506 pages
...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 A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark,... | |
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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. 
