 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1902 - 488 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, From hope... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Electronic journals - 1902 - 560 pages
...not — the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Beflt 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 langh, to mark A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From Hope... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent - American literature - 1903 - 632 pages
...epithet, is the famous " Ichabod," written after Webster's betrayal of the hopes of the antislavery men. Oh, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might...Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. All else is gone ; from those great eyes The soul has fled : When faith is lost, when honour dies,... | |
 | Richard Burton - American literature - 1904 - 344 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...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 hope... | |
 | Richard Burton - American literature - 1904 - 340 pages
...him not, the Tempter hath A snare for all ; And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall I Oh, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might...lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh, to marfc A bright soul driven, Fiend-goaded, down the endless dark, From... | |
 | William Peterfield Trent - American literature - 1904 - 312 pages
...fallen! so lost! the light withdrawn Which once he wore! The glory from his grey hairs gone Forevermore! Oh, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might...Have lighted up and led his age, Falls back in night. Of all we loved and honoured, naught Save power remains; A fallen angel's pride of thought, Still strong... | |
 | Mason Long - English language - 1928 - 344 pages
...started to his feet, cocked his eye to have a good look into my face, . . . — DONALD GRANT MITCHELL 15. Oh, dumb be passion's stormy rage, When he who might...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, CHAPTER... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 758 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...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 hope... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis - United States - 1901 - 772 pages
...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 hope and heaven ! Nor brand with deeper shame his dim, Dishonored brow. But let its humbled sons, instead, From sea... | |
 | Robert Penn Warren - 1971 - 222 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...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 hope... | |
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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. 
