 He loved the world that hated him : the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere: Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was, a blameless life; And he that forged, and he that threw the dart, Had each a brother's interest in...  The Works of Augustus M. Toplady - Sida 137efter Augustus Toplady - 1794Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - 1898 - 518 sidor
...pride, Reveal (the man is dead) to wondering eyes This more than monster in his proper guise. He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere. Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life. »*'»'«... | |
 | Stanley Peerman Hutton - 1907 - 532 sidor
...slanderous tongues, at others mobbed, ducked and stoned. Alluding to which Cowper declared : — " He loved the world that hated him ; the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere. Assailed by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life. . . ."... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 244 sidor
...given to William Cowper to appropriately delineate Whitefield's most prominent qualities: "He loved the World that hated him; the tear That dropped upon his Bible was sincere; Assailed hy scandal, and the tongue of strife. His only answer was — a blameless life: And... | |
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