 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1860 - 628 pages
...William C. Bryant, was read by Rev. Dr. Osguod : — O, slow to smite and »wift to spure,; Oentle, and merciful, and just, 'Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trat, — In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anjiuiah of л... | |
 | George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 438 pages
...England's laureate, we add the spontaneous offering of our own uncrowned bard, the laureate of the people. Oh, slow to smite, and swift to spare, Gentle and...God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust 1 In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of the land That... | |
 | Baptists - 1865 - 494 pages
...one of our best poets, and consign him to a place among those who have been the pests of mankind. " 0 slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful...God didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust! Pure was tby life : its bloody close Has placed thee with the sons of light, Among the noble host of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1865 - 570 pages
...the spontaneous offering of our own uncrowned bard, the laureate of the people. Oh, slow to smito, and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just !...God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust I In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguiah of the land That... | |
 | John Gilmary Shea - History - 1865 - 300 pages
...Rev. Dr. Osgood recited the following: ODE FOE THE FUNEEAL OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. BY WC BBYAMT. O alow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and...Who, in the fear of God, did'st bear, The sword of power—a nation's trust: In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the... | |
 | New York (N.Y.). Citizens - Memorial service - 1865 - 66 pages
...then read the following Ode for the funeral of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT : OH, Blow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and...just! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power—a nation's trust. In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - 1865 - 342 pages
...following hymn, composed only a few hours previously, by William (J. Bryant : ODE— ABRAHAM LINCOLN. O, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just, Who in the fear of God did'st hear The sword of power, the nation's trust. In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the woe that hushes... | |
 | George Bancroft - Rare books - 1865 - 436 pages
...onr own uncrowned bard, the laureate of the people. Oh, slow to smite, and swift to spare, Gentle aud merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust I In sorrow by thy bier wo stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of the land That... | |
 | Printing - 1865 - 1208 pages
...het verre Westen, — en het eenstemmig gevoel aller harten stemt in met de woorden des dichters : O slow to smite, and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! Who in the fear of God dulst bcar The sword of power, the nation's trust. 1 n sorrow at thy bier we stand, Amid the woe that... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...obsequies in New York ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 0, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and justl Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power — a nation's trust! In Borrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook... | |
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In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with horror at thy fall. Thy task is done ; the bond are free : We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters... 
