Far-called, our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire; Lo all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre. Judge of the nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. McClure's Magazine - Page 5901898Full view - About this book
| 1897 - 918 pages
...Still stands Thine ancient Sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget— lest we forget! Far-called...power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1897 - 876 pages
...Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget. The only false note is in the third stanza — Far-called our navies melt away, On dune and headland...our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! To compare a festival with a nation is fantastic, and spoils the simplicity of the poem. It looks... | |
| 1918 - 498 pages
...know how to pray will find appropriate expression for a timely petition in Kipling's Recessional : "If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts,... | |
| 1922 - 694 pages
...a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! Far called our navies melt away — On dune and headland sinks...fire — Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Ninevah and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen... | |
| 1899 - 862 pages
...lest we forget! "Far-called our navies melt away, On dune and headland sinks the fire; — Lo, all the pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge...Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!" I hardly know of anything in the history of literature so dramatic, so powerfully and nobly... | |
| 1909 - 494 pages
...attend to the beam in her own eye, and incidentally to protect herself against her sisters' motes. "If drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe, Such boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser creeds without the Law, Lord God of Hosts, be with... | |
| 1898 - 370 pages
...Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! Far-called...power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts,... | |
| 1898 - 672 pages
...Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! Far-called,...melt away — On dune and headland sinks the fire — Oh, all the pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,... | |
| 1898 - 956 pages
...Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An hnmble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! Far-called,...navies melt away — On dune and headland sinks the fireOb, all the pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre ! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet,... | |
| 1900 - 728 pages
...the flag" in new lands, and when the demagogic cry is raised, <( Who will pull down the flag ? » * If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not thee in awe,— Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law, — Lord God of Hosts,... | |
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