 | Nathaniel Kirk Richardson - 1866 - 204 pages
...on, in an injured tone, " All that I axed vos, Let me alone." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.—By Myra Toumsend. High up in Heaven's free air, And place the image of your God WHAT ! would ye swing your brother's form A dangling victim there ? Who gave you pow'r to read his... | |
 | 1876 - 734 pages
...gentle spell, Which made an atmosphere of love Wherever he might dwell ; Virtue, perhaps, to him WOK known But as an empty name, And truth, and justice,...in Heaven's free air, And place the image of your (rod A dying victim there? With all his sins upon his head Before his destined hour; IB year's the... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1905 - 872 pages
...on, in an injured tone, "All I axed vos, Let me alone." CAPITAL PUNISHMENT— MYRA TOWNSEND. What ! would ye swing your brother's form High up in Heaven's free air, And place the image of your God A dangling victim there? Who gave you power to read his heart, Or know how deep his guilt, Or judge what... | |
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Who gave you power to read his heart, Or know how deep his guilt, Or judge what provocation came Ere blood by him was spilt? Can ye retrace the length of years Since he commenced this life, And mark the coursing of events, His wrongs, his woes, his strife? 