 These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.  Early Speeches, Springfield Speech, Cooper Union Speech, Inaugural Addresses ... - Page iiiby Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 167 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1872 - 810 pages
...friendly for all human-kind, Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars. He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till tne wise years decide. Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly earnest, brave, foreseeing man,... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his...like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kiudly-eurncst, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his tune, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
 | Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate, So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime3 • Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - Literary Criticism - 1869 - 312 pages
...Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he: He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his...and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold bis fame, The kindly-earnest, bravo, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his alone * cling to the past ; When the eye is suffused...that have long since fled Flit over the brain, like t conies ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe, in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his...foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blanio, New birth of our new soil, the first American. JÄHES RUSSELL LOWELL. S 714 715 BURIAL OF LINCOLN.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his ht. Yes / Ireland shnll be free, From the centre to...SHORE AT BREAK OF DAY. As by the shore, at break of lost silence comes ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
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