HE stood upon the world's broad threshold; wide The din of battle and of slaughter rose; He saw God stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes: Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords,... Wendell Phillips: the Agitator - Página 85por William Carlos Martyn - 1890 - 600 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made greaj haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXXII. THE STREET. THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 308 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath then- soft and flowery words, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined him... | |
| Gift - 1846 - 268 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. MEETING AGAIN. YES, we shall meet again, my cherished friend ; Not in the beautiful autumnal bowers,... | |
| 1846 - 302 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords; He scorned their gifts of fame,...underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the oold serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named, and... | |
| 1846 - 308 páginas
...their gifts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the «old serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined...weaker part, Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content VOICES OF THE TRUE- HEARTED. A WORD FROM A PETITIONER. BV JOHN MEEPOXT. What ! our petitions spurned... | |
| George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 506 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords ; He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." Lowell has a great heart, brimful and running over with irresistible ,humor. His Bigelow papers abound... | |
| George Washington Bungay - 1854 - 508 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords ; He scorned their gifts of fame, and power and gold, And undef neath their soft and flowery words Heard the cold serpent hisa ; therefore he went And humbly... | |
| 1856 - 340 páginas
...will hear or forbear." We deem him one who, in the startling expression of the poet, would be " near God's heart, And feel its solemn pulses sending blood...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." It is in the free utterance of this broad philanthropy that Mr. Chapin may be regarded not only as... | |
| 1856 - 386 páginas
...hear or forbear." We deem him'one who, in the startling expression of the poet, would be " near God'a heart, And feel its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." It is in the free utterance of this broad philanthropy that Mr. Chapin may be regarded not only as... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1857 - 334 páginas
...there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their girts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath their...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXIV. THE STRKKT. THKY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
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