Lincoln's Birthday: A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own WritingsRobert Haven Schauffler Dodd, Mead, 1909 - 386 pages |
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... thou be With thy high wisdom's low simplicity And awful tenderness of voted power : From our hot records then thy name shall stanά On Time's calm ledger out of passionate days - ― With the pure debt of gratitude begun , And only paid in ...
... thou be With thy high wisdom's low simplicity And awful tenderness of voted power : From our hot records then thy name shall stanά On Time's calm ledger out of passionate days - ― With the pure debt of gratitude begun , And only paid in ...
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... thou shalt soon behold the bow of peace Span the broad heavens , and the wild tumult cease ; And see the billows , with the clouds that meet , Subdued and calm , come crouching to thy feet . THE PROCLAMATION 1 BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ...
... thou shalt soon behold the bow of peace Span the broad heavens , and the wild tumult cease ; And see the billows , with the clouds that meet , Subdued and calm , come crouching to thy feet . THE PROCLAMATION 1 BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ...
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... thou that hast enough suffered ! Thou hast beheld Him who invisibly led thee in this great wilderness . Thou standest among the elect . Around thee are the royal men that have ennobled human life in every age . Kingly art thou , with ...
... thou that hast enough suffered ! Thou hast beheld Him who invisibly led thee in this great wilderness . Thou standest among the elect . Around thee are the royal men that have ennobled human life in every age . Kingly art thou , with ...
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... thou shalt find that rest which thou hast sorrowing sought in vain ; and thy name , an everlasting name in heaven , shall flourish in fragrance and beauty as long as men shall last upon the earth , or hearts remain , to revere truth ...
... thou shalt find that rest which thou hast sorrowing sought in vain ; and thy name , an everlasting name in heaven , shall flourish in fragrance and beauty as long as men shall last upon the earth , or hearts remain , to revere truth ...
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... thou Shepherd of Israel , that didst comfort Thy people of old , to Thy care we commit the helpless , the long - wronged , and grieved . And now the martyr is moving in triumphal march , mightier than when alive . The Nation rises up at ...
... thou Shepherd of Israel , that didst comfort Thy people of old , to Thy care we commit the helpless , the long - wronged , and grieved . And now the martyr is moving in triumphal march , mightier than when alive . The Nation rises up at ...
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