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" Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble. "
The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson - Page 146
by John Milton - 1807
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Monument to the Memory of General Andrew Jackson: Containing Twenty-five ...

Presidents - 1846 - 430 pages
...of American sympathy sends up from our Jackson's bed of death its paean of mournful exultation — " Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, Or knock...fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble." The valley of the Mississippi, the theatre of his youthful valour and his meridian renown — the sanctuary...
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Moral Heroism; Or, The Trials and Triumphs of the Great and Good

Clara Lucas Balfour - Biography - 1846 - 392 pages
...may truly say, " Samson hath quit himself Like Samson, and heroically hath finished A life heroic. Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, Or knock...contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair." Milton's great work is usually thought, from its length, the elevation of its style, and the sublimity...
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A Eulogy on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams: Delivered at the ...

Edward Everett - Bible - 1848 - 586 pages
...and happiest yet, all this With God not parted from him, — But favoring and assisting to the end. Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, Or knock...fair, And what may quiet us, in a death so noble." •i HE rouowcra B THI OBDEB or rta Sumou ON OCCASION or IBI DEUTIBT or tea rOEEGOISO Kl'LUUY. (Tommonuu-alll)...
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Spiritual Heroes: Or, Sketches of the Puritans, Their Character and Times

John Stoughton - Puritans - 1848 - 356 pages
...of the House of Lords. t See Ilallum's Middle Ages, vol. ip 448. CHAPTER V. THE BRAVE LORD BROOKE. " Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock...contempt, Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair." MILTON, Samson Agouistes. AMONG the beautiful rivers that run through the heart of old England, there...
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Poetry for schools

Frederick Charles Cook - 1849 - 144 pages
...yet, all this With God not parted from him, as was fear'd, But favouring and assisting to the end. Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock...death so noble. Let us go find the body where it lies Soak'd in his enemies' blood; and from the stream With lavers pure, and cleansing herbs, wash off The...
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Memorial of the Late Honorable David S. Jones: With an Appendix, Containing ...

William Alfred Jones - 1849 - 110 pages
...best and happiest yet, all this, With God not parted from him, But favoring and assisting to the end. Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, Or knock...fair, And what may quiet us, in a death so noble." He was happy in the circumstances of his death : it came with comparative suddenness. But when is death...
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Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Volume 2

Edward Everett - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 716 pages
...and happiest yet, all this With God not parted from him, — But favoring and assisting to the end. Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail, Or knock...but well and fair, And what may quiet us, in a death BO noble." THE CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL.* MAT rr PLEASE TOUR HONOR : I RISE, in obedience to your call,...
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Spiritual Heroes, Or, Sketches of the Puritans: Their Character and Times

John Stoughton - Puritans - 1850 - 414 pages
...Saviour's, Southwark. * See Hallam's Middle Ages, vol. ip 488. CHAPTER V. THE BRAVE LORD BROOKE. " Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock...weakness, no contempt, Dispraise or blame, nothing bnt well and fair." MILTON, Samson Agonistes. AMONG the beautiful rivers that run through the heart...
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Lives of certain fathers of the Church in the fourth century, Volume 2

William James E. Bennett - 1850 - 390 pages
...Euseb. v, 2. s Ibid. CHAPTER II. " Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast : . Nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble." SAMSON ACONISTES. IRENJEUS SUCCEEDS POTHINUS AS BISHOP OF LYONS — HIS EPISCOPAL LABORS — WRITES...
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The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1851 - 508 pages
...Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breaft, no weaknefs, no contempt, Difpraife, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death fo noble. Let us go find the body where it lies Sok't in his enemies blood, and from the ftream With...
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