A friendless warfare! lingering long Through weary day and weary year, A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof And blench not at thy chosen lot, The timid good may stand aloof, The sage... First Steps in North Carolina History - Seite 213von Cornelia Phillips Spencer - 1888 - 272 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1848 - 780 Seiten
...mm/ " To Ibe biographer's latin quotation, we add the words of oor American Bryant. " 7'rr..'i cnuh'd to earth shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers." H. THE TWO TEARS.— A PICTURE. 1 Mir 3 young mother bend o'er her boy, In the pride and flush of maternal... | |
| 1838 - 540 Seiten
...black-mouthed gun and staggering wain ; Men start not at the battle cry, Oh, be it never heard again ! Soon rested those who fought — but thou, Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year ; A wild and many-weaponed throng... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 Seiten
...black-mouthed gun and staggering wain, Men start not at the battle cry, Oh be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. THE BATTLE-FIELD. 269 A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild... | |
| Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1840 - 658 Seiten
...of old. She will not, she cannot prove recreant to the cause of Freedom. In the conflict of 1776 — Soon rested those who fought, but thou Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot ; The timid good may stand aloof,... | |
| William McCarty - 1842 - 482 Seiten
...black-mouth'd gun and staggering wain, Men start not at the battle-cry, O be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought; but thou Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weapon'd throng... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1842 - 638 Seiten
...black-mouth'd gun and staggering wain ; Men start not at the battle-cry ; O ! be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought; but thou Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weapon'd throng... | |
| 1842 - 408 Seiten
...extinguished while the ministers of our holy religion officiate at her altars. 5. Masonry and JIntimasonry. " Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers, While error wounded, writhes in pain, And dies, amid her worshippers." 6. The Ladies. — Whose presence... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 Seiten
...black-mouth'd gun and staggering wain ; Men start not at the battle-cry ; O ! be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest...receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weapon'd throng... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 Seiten
...black-mouthed gun and staggering wain, Men start not at the battle cry, Oh be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought; but thou Who minglest...men receive not now Thy warfare only ends with life. THE BATTLE-FIELD. 269 A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 Seiten
...stinging bolt of scorn ; For with thy side shall dwell, at last, The victory of endurance born. • • Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers ; But error, wounded, wrilhes with pain, And dies among his worshippers. Yea, though thou lie upon the dust, When they who... | |
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