In War Time, and Other PoemsTicknor and Fields, 1864 - 152 pages |
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... Master , we Thy keys , The anthem of the destinies ! The minor of Thy loftier strain , Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain , Thy will be done ! HE firmament breaks up . In black THE eclipse Light THY WILL BE DONE . 11.
... Master , we Thy keys , The anthem of the destinies ! The minor of Thy loftier strain , Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain , Thy will be done ! HE firmament breaks up . In black THE eclipse Light THY WILL BE DONE . 11.
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John Greenleaf Whittier. HE firmament breaks up . In black THE eclipse Light after light goes out . One evil star , Luridly glaring through the smoke of war , As in the dream of the Apocalypse , Drags others down . Let us not weakly weep ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. HE firmament breaks up . In black THE eclipse Light after light goes out . One evil star , Luridly glaring through the smoke of war , As in the dream of the Apocalypse , Drags others down . Let us not weakly weep ...
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... break the links of Union : shall we light The fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a freer breath , As from our shoulders falls a load of death Loathsome as that the ...
... break the links of Union : shall we light The fires of hell to weld anew the chain On that red anvil where each blow is pain ? Draw we not even now a freer breath , As from our shoulders falls a load of death Loathsome as that the ...
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... breaks the oath Of the men o ' the South ? What whets the knife For the Union's life ? Hark to the answer : Slavery ! Then waste no blows on lesser foes In strife unworthy freemen . God lifts to - day the vail , and shows LUTHER'S HYMN .
... breaks the oath Of the men o ' the South ? What whets the knife For the Union's life ? Hark to the answer : Slavery ! Then waste no blows on lesser foes In strife unworthy freemen . God lifts to - day the vail , and shows LUTHER'S HYMN .
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John Greenleaf Whittier. But , if thine be the fate of all who break The ground for truth's seed , or forerun their years Till lost in distance , or with stout hearts make A lane for freedom through the level spears , Still take thou ...
John Greenleaf Whittier. But , if thine be the fate of all who break The ground for truth's seed , or forerun their years Till lost in distance , or with stout hearts make A lane for freedom through the level spears , Still take thou ...
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Page 61 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 59 - Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot, into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind : the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one.
Page 57 - The laws of changeless justice bind Oppressor with oppressed; And close as sin and suffering joined We march to fate abreast.
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Page 51 - THE tent-lights glimmer on the land, The ship-lights on the sea ; The night-wind smooths with drifting sand Our track on lone Tybee. At last our grating keels outslide, Our good boats forward swing ; And while we ride the land-locked tide, Our negroes row and sing. For dear the bondman holds his gifts Of music and of song : The gold that kindly Nature sifts Among his sands of wrong...
Page 11 - If, for the age to come, this hour Of trial hath vicarious power, And, blest by Thee, our present pain, Be Liberty's eternal gain, Thy will be done ! Strike, Thou the Master, we Thy keys, The anthem of the destinies ! The minor of Thy loftier strain, Our hearts shall breathe the old refrain, Thy will be done 1 A WORD FOR THE HOUR, THE firmament breaks up.
Page 146 - All hearts grew warmer in the presence Of one who, seeking not his own, Gave freely for the love of giving, Nor reaped for self the harvest sown. Thy greeting smile was pledge and prelude Of generous deeds and kindly words ; In thy large heart were fair guest-chambers, Open to sunrise and the birds...
Page 15 - The pangs of transformation ; Not painlessly doth God recast And mould anew the nation. Hot burns the fire Where wrongs expire ; Nor spares the hand That from the land Uproots the ancient evil. The hand-breadth cloud the sages feared Its bloody rain is dropping; The poison plant the fathers spared All else is overtopping. East, West, South, North, It curses the earth ; All justice dies, And fraud and lies Live only in its shadow.