 THE proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high ; To-day, of all the weary year, A king of men am I . To-day, alike are great and small, The nameless and the known ; My palace is the people's hall, The ballot-box my throne...  National Lyrics - Page 93by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1866 - 104 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw - 1918 - 370 pages
...similar idea. THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER The proudest now is bnt my peer, The highest not more high : Today, of all the weary...the people's hall, The ballot-box my throne ! Who serve« today upon the list Beside the served shall stand ; •""""""" iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiimiiiiiimii... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - 1919 - 712 pages
...hev fed me. THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER The proudest now is but my peer, ently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed, the poet binds together by passion wenk is strong today; And sleekest broadcloth counts no move Than homespun frock of gray. Today let... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1919 - 156 pages
...is observed as a holiday only in certain States. (Refer to If 20.) "The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high; To-day, of all the weary...palace is the people's hall, The ballot-box my throne! The rich is level with the poor, The weak is strong to-day; And sleekest broadcloth counts no more... | |
 | 1919 - 156 pages
...Whittier's words expressed in the poem, "The Poor Voter on Election Day": The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high, Today of all the weary...and the known, My palace is the people's hall, The ballot box my throne. While there's a grief to seek redress, Or balance to adjust, Where weighs our... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1919 - 328 pages
...Poor Voter on Election Day," from which the following lines give Whittier's idea of a real democracy: To-day alike are great and small, The nameless and...palace is the people's hall, The ballot-box my throne ! What was Lincoln's idea of a people's government? 18 Whittier lived to a good old age, for he died... | |
 | Henry Ezekiel Jackson - 1920 - 288 pages
...your conscience and mourn for America as a land of broken promise. The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high; Today, of all the weary...and the known; My palace is the people's hall, The ballot box my throne! While there's a grief to seek redress, Or balance to adjust, Where weighs our... | |
 | Emory Stephen Bogardus - 1920 - 384 pages
...Negro slave. AMERICAN IDEALS IN 1852 BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIERIS The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high; Today, of all the weary...small, The nameless and the known ; My palace is the peoples' hall, The ballot-box my throne! Who serves today upon the list Beside the served shall stand;... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...now is but my peer, The highest not more high; Today, of all the weary year, A king of men am I. 5 Today, alike are great and small, The nameless and the known. My palace is the people's hall; The ballot box my throne! Who serves today upon the list 10 Besides the served shall stand; Alike the brown... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...principle, 371, 25 THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high; Today, of all the weary year, A king of men am I. i Today, alike are great and small, The nameless and the known. My palace is the people's hall; The... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck, Lura E. Runkel - 1921 - 680 pages
...theorists, 286, 4 THE POOR VOTER ON ELECTION DAY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER The proudest now is but my peer, The highest not more high ; Today, of all the weary year, A king of men am I. 5 Today, alike are great and small, The nameless and the known. My palace is the people's hall ; The... | |
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