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 83por William Carlos Martyn - 1890 - 600 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 132 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,...content So he could be the nearer to God's heart, 320 And feel its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXIV.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 108 páginas
...gravitation drawn ! Shall we not heed the lesson taught of old, And by the Present's lips repeated still, He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold,...content So he could be the nearer to God's heart, In our own single manhood to be And feel its solemn pulses sending bold, blood Fortressed in conscience... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 132 páginas
...Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their1 gifts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath...content So he could be the nearer to God's heart, 320 And feel its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXIV.... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1896 - 528 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,...part, Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content So he conld be the nearer to God's heart, And feel its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the widespread... | |
| Mrs. Mary Harriet Bright Curry - 1897 - 412 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 widespread veins of endless good. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. * Wendell Phillips, the most eloquent of the Anti-Slavery band, died 1884. 4... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1897 - 580 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,...power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery wonls, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1898 - 538 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. XXIV. THE STREET. They pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
| James Chisholm - 1898 - 352 páginas
...us go And humbly join us to the weaker part : Fanatics named, the fools, yet well content So we can be the nearer to God's heart, And feel its solemn...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. The following contrasts are noteworthy. In March, 1849, a year after the arrival of the first settlers,... | |
| Aaron Macy Powell - 1899 - 318 páginas
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the common enemy their swords; He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." CHAPTER IV. MY first anti-slavery lecturing campaign included, beside the meetings already referred... | |
| Ebenezer Edwards - 1899 - 486 páginas
...He saw God stand upon the weaker side, That sank, in seeming loss before its foes * * * * lie went Fanatic named and Fool, yet well content, So he could...nearer to God's heart, And feel its solemn pulses." If my somewhat lengthy record of the war seem tedious, I pray my reader to bear in mind the magnitude... | |
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