 The Panther, sure the noblest, next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oh, could her in-born stains be washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey ! How can I praise, or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from...  The loyalist's daughter, by a royalist - Page 202de Loyalist - 1867Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1874 - 900 pages
...church in which he was nurtured : " The panther, sure the noblest next the hiod, And fairest creature of the spotted kind, Oh ! could her inborn stains be washed away. She were too good to be a beast of pray ! How can I praise or blame, and not offend. Or how divide the frailty from the friend f Her faults... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 564 pages
...Panther is-then introduced: — " The panther, sure the noblest next the hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oh, could her inborn stains...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey ! How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend? Her faults... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...die. . . . The Panther, sure the noblest next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oht mother, no longer able to yield them relief; what would become of man himself, ! How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend ? Her faults... | |
 | Young men's Catholic assoc - 1877 - 416 pages
...Anglicanism as "the best amongst the bad," Dryden had described it as — D 2 The fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oh, could her inborn stains...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey ! Her faults and virtues lie so mixed, that she Not wholly stands condemned, nor wholly free. Too black... | |
 | William Davidson (B.A.), Joseph Crosby Alcock - 1877 - 240 pages
...while. 26. Put not thy trust in such as use to feign, Except thou mind to put thy friend to pain. 27. Oh, could her inborn stains be washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey. 28. Whatever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space. 29. Since every beast... | |
 | John Dryden - 1878 - 368 pages
...disrespect; and the Panther is described as ' lure the noblest next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind; Oh, could her inborn stains be...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey! How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend? Her faults and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1880 - 842 pages
...death, though fated not to die. . . . The Panther, sure tlio noblest next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oh, could her inborn stains...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey ! How can I praise or biame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend ? Her faulls... | |
 | Anna Buckland - 1882 - 548 pages
...England, spotted since the Reformation, but still " The noblest next the hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind. Oh, could her inborn stains be...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey. " Other sects were represented by other animals : the Independents as the bear, Presbyterians the wolf,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1882 - 632 pages
...die.* The panther is thus introduced: The Panther, sure the noblest next the Hind, And fairest creature of the spotted kind ; Oh, could her inborn stains...washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey! How can I praise or blame, and not offend, Or how divide the frailty from the friend ? Her faults and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1882 - 484 pages
...indebted for this anecdote to Mr. Octavius Gilchrist, the editor of the poems of the witty Bishop Corbet. Oh could her inborn stains be washed away, She were too good to be a beast of prey." The sects, on the other hand, are characterised, wolves, bears, boars, foxes,—all that is odious... | |
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