 Here's an acre sown indeed With the richest, royallest seed That the earth did e'er suck in Since the first man died for sin: Here the bones of birth have cried 'Though gods they were, as men they died!  The Virginia School Journal - Page 2121900Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones : Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is no trust.'... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! ' Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones : Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits seal'd in dust, They preach ' In greatness is no trust.'... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christian poetry, English - 1836 - 436 pages
...— and fear — What a change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands ; Where, from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust.... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 442 pages
...— and fear — What a change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands ; Where, from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust.... | |
 | Great Britain - 1844 - 582 pages
...Fancies." " Thinke how many reyall bones Sleep within these heap of stones. Here they lie, had realities and lands. Who now want strength to lift their hands. Where, from their pulpits, seal" d with duet, They preach, 'In greatness is no trust " Here's an acre, sown indeed Wth... | |
 | Sacred cabinet - 1841 - 222 pages
...— and fear — What a change of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones : Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands : Where, from then- pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1846 - 556 pages
...behold, and fear ! What a change of flesh is here ! Think haw many royal bones Sleep within this" heap of stones : Here they lie had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands ; Where from their pulpits, soil'd ° with dust, They preach, " In greatness is no... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 490 pages
...behold, and fear, What a charge of flesh is here! Think how many royal bones Sleep within this heap of stones: Here they lie, had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands. Where from their pulpits, sealed in dust, They preach ' In greatness is no trust.'... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...behold and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap of stones : Here they lie had realms and lands, Who now want strength to stir their hands; Where, from their pulpits sealed with dust, They preach— in greatness is no trust.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...behold and fear, What a charge of flesh is here ! Think how many royal bones Sleep within these heap That love is merchandized, whose rich esteeming stir their hands ; Where, from their pulpits seal'd with dust, They preach — in greatness is no trust.... | |
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