Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 2G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest , Drank the last life - drop of his bleeding breast . " If the Union is stung to the heart , it must be a melancholy re- flection that ...
... feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest , Drank the last life - drop of his bleeding breast . " If the Union is stung to the heart , it must be a melancholy re- flection that ...
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... feel danger , but do not fully comprehend . Ah ! my fair - haired boy , it is that the government may be saved for you ; that its bless- ing of liberty may not be wrested from you ; that your little eyeballs may not be blasted and ...
... feel danger , but do not fully comprehend . Ah ! my fair - haired boy , it is that the government may be saved for you ; that its bless- ing of liberty may not be wrested from you ; that your little eyeballs may not be blasted and ...
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... feel it in every fibre of my frame ; and as one of the feeblest evidences , a gentleman , just as I left the hotel , put into my hands what purported to be the last copy of the Daily News of New York . Literally it was " the lay of the ...
... feel it in every fibre of my frame ; and as one of the feeblest evidences , a gentleman , just as I left the hotel , put into my hands what purported to be the last copy of the Daily News of New York . Literally it was " the lay of the ...
Page 97
... feel- ing , that they had determined upon rebellion , and that there was no other way to treat them except by the strong arm of power . And had that been extended them even earlier , I think it would have suited their condition better ...
... feel- ing , that they had determined upon rebellion , and that there was no other way to treat them except by the strong arm of power . And had that been extended them even earlier , I think it would have suited their condition better ...
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... feel like calling upon the rocks and mountains to fall to hide their faces from a betrayed and indig- nant people . When it is written , Abraham Lincoln will be more justified , in the sight of God and man , for the strong measures ...
... feel like calling upon the rocks and mountains to fall to hide their faces from a betrayed and indig- nant people . When it is written , Abraham Lincoln will be more justified , in the sight of God and man , for the strong measures ...
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Page 302 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 5 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 84 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 680 - There is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying.
Page 155 - Men! with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once, with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Page 93 - When beggars die there are no comets seen ; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.
Page 38 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 301 - In all its history it has been beneficent; it has trodden down no man's liberty ; it has crushed no State. Its daily respiration is liberty and patriotism; its yet youthful veins are full of enterprise, courage, and honorable love of glory and renown.
Page 92 - A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box.
Page 104 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!