 Nature ne'er bid all nations worship heaven In sacrifice : — ne'er bid them shed the gore Of man or beast ? Such light could not be given The untaught heart of man ? And yet before That blessed time when hell's strong chains were riven, All nations...  The Beggar's Coin, Or, Love in Italy - Page 198by John Richard Beste - 1845 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Miles Gerald Keon - 530 pages
...I pause and ask me whence each creed began ? Nature ne'er taught that elder creed to man. " Nature ne'er bid all nations worship heaven In sacrifice...old, that rite we find. One common hope once taught it all mankind. " And think not all the legends priests of yore Taught on this sacred hill, and bards... | |
 | Holy readings - 1868 - 386 pages
...supposed i stand im the same ground that was occupied by the ^iple of the Capitoline Jupiter. " Nature ne'er bid all nations worship heaven " In sacrifice...old, that rite we find. " One common hope once taught it all mankind. "For think not all the legends priests of yore " Taught from the sacred hill, and bards... | |
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