National LyricsTicknor and Fields, 1865 - 104 pages |
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... God . We prayed and hoped ; but still , with awe , The coming of the sword we saw ; We heard the nearing steps of doom , And saw the shade of things to come . In grief which they alone can feel Who from a mother's wrong appeal , 3d Mo ...
... God . We prayed and hoped ; but still , with awe , The coming of the sword we saw ; We heard the nearing steps of doom , And saw the shade of things to come . In grief which they alone can feel Who from a mother's wrong appeal , 3d Mo ...
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... God's own image bought and sold ! AMERICANS to market driven , And bartered as the brute for gold ! Speak ! shall their agony of prayer Come thrilling to our hearts in vain ! To us whose fathers scorned to bear The paltry menace of a ...
... God's own image bought and sold ! AMERICANS to market driven , And bartered as the brute for gold ! Speak ! shall their agony of prayer Come thrilling to our hearts in vain ! To us whose fathers scorned to bear The paltry menace of a ...
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... , and ask the like of us ! " Just God ! and shall we calmly rest , - The Christian's scorn the heathen's mirth- Content to live the lingering jest And by - word of a mocking Earth ? 2 10 Shall our own glorious land retain That curse which.
... , and ask the like of us ! " Just God ! and shall we calmly rest , - The Christian's scorn the heathen's mirth- Content to live the lingering jest And by - word of a mocking Earth ? 2 10 Shall our own glorious land retain That curse which.
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... God and man- Like that which wasted Egypt's earth , When hail and fire above it ran . Hear ye no warnings in the air ? Feel ye no earthquake underneath ? Up - up - why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death ? Up now for ...
... God and man- Like that which wasted Egypt's earth , When hail and fire above it ran . Hear ye no warnings in the air ? Feel ye no earthquake underneath ? Up - up - why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death ? Up now for ...
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John Greenleaf Whittier ។ CLERICAL OPPRESSORS . II J CLERICAL OPPRESSORS . UST God ! - and these are they Who minister at thine altar , God of Right ! Men who their hands with prayer and blessing lay On Israel's Ark of light ! What ...
John Greenleaf Whittier ។ CLERICAL OPPRESSORS . II J CLERICAL OPPRESSORS . UST God ! - and these are they Who minister at thine altar , God of Right ! Men who their hands with prayer and blessing lay On Israel's Ark of light ! What ...
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