...was transmitted to England, that it drew from his pen the following touching sonnet: — " "Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered...cold: Even them, who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones. Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who...

...hands, having dropt the paper.) Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd om the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans, Who...

...letters to the Duke of Savoy, and penned the immortal sonnet beginning with the lines : — "Avenge, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains oold ! '' In these matters I say we have a right to interfere, and that not only on grounds of humanity,...

...these martyrs. ' Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Scottish mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, Forget not.' The result of this contest, cruel and murderous on the one side, but glorious and triumphant...

...creatures have they sheltered in their stony bosoms from the weapons and tortures of their fellow men. Avenge, О Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ! was the burning exclamation of Milton's agonized and indignant spirit, as he beheld those sacred...

...the words of the prophet, — that higher inspiration which no poetry alone can ever reach. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold, E'en them ttiat kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget...

...Piedmont, 1658, p. 584, 593. " ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT. " Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains...cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worship'd stocks and stones, Forget not; in thy book record their groans Who were...

...ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEMONT. AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughter'd saints, whose bones Lie scatter'd on the Alpine mountains cold! Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, • When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans...

...fiery burst of Milton's indignation. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie bleaching on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who...

...they sheltered in their stony bosoms, from the weapons and tortures of their fellow men. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold! was the burning exclamation of Milton's agonized and indignant spirit, as he beheld those sacred bulwarks...