National LyricsTicknor and Fields, 1865 - 104 pages |
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... 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.
... 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.
Page 10
... 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 Freedom ! - not in strife Like that your ...
... 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 Freedom ! - not in strife Like that your ...
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... earth , And heaven above , do right ? Woe , then , to all who grind Their brethren of a common Father down ! To all who plunder from the immortal mind Its bright and glorious crown ! Woe to the priesthood ! woe To those whose hire is ...
... earth , And heaven above , do right ? Woe , then , to all who grind Their brethren of a common Father down ! To all who plunder from the immortal mind Its bright and glorious crown ! Woe to the priesthood ! woe To those whose hire is ...
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... earth our pliant knees , And speak but as our masters please ? Shall outraged Nature cease to feel ? Shall Mercy's tears no longer flow ? Shall ruffian threats of cord and steel- The dungeon's gloom - the assassin's blow , Turn back the ...
... earth our pliant knees , And speak but as our masters please ? Shall outraged Nature cease to feel ? Shall Mercy's tears no longer flow ? Shall ruffian threats of cord and steel- The dungeon's gloom - the assassin's blow , Turn back the ...
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... Earth- Where the words of the Charter of Liberty first From the soul of the sage and the patriot burst Where first for the wronged and the weak of their kind , The Christian and statesman their efforts combined Will that land of the ...
... Earth- Where the words of the Charter of Liberty first From the soul of the sage and the patriot burst Where first for the wronged and the weak of their kind , The Christian and statesman their efforts combined Will that land of the ...
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