 | Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1828 - 162 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane ; They bowed their necks the death to feel ! Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 204 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 210 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1830 - 200 pàgines
...whom the spirit came; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and (lame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1830 - 204 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They boned their necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army — men and boys, The... | |
 | Leonard Crocker Bowles - 1831 - 372 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hopes they knew. And mock'd the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel. Who follows in their train ? A noble army, men and boys, The matron and the maid, Around... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Mrs. Hemans - 1831 - 510 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel ! Who fallows in their train? A noble army — men and boys, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans, Reginald Heber - 1833 - 526 pàgines
...few, On whom the spirit came ; Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane : They bowed their necks the death to feel ! Who follows in their train 1 A noble army — men and boye, The matron and the maid,... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 236 pàgines
...few On whom the spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, their hope that knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane, They bowed their necks, the death to feel,— Who follows in their train ? A noble army, men and boys, The matron, and the maid,... | |
 | Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 240 pàgines
...few On whom the spirit came, Twelve valiant saints, their hope that knew, And mocked the cross and flame. They met the tyrant's brandished steel, The lion's gory mane, They bowed their necks, the death to feel, — Who follows in their train ? A noble army, men and boys, The matron, and the maid,... | |
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A glorious band, the chosen few, On whom the Spirit came : Twelve valiant saints, their hope they knew, And mocked the cross and flame. 
