 | North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...every vote, and equal standards for the privileges of citizenship, the ballot would then prove — " A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakes fall...freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." SM MEHBILL. THE BEST CURRENCY. BY ALBION W. TOUHGEE. MR. CHAUNCEY DEPEW recently declared that the... | |
 | North American review - 1896 - 780 pages
...privileges of citizenship, the ballot would then prove— " A weapon that comes down as still As snowflakcs fall upon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God." SM MERRILL. THE BEST CURRENCY. BY ALBION W. TOUROEE. MB. CHAUNCEY DEPBW recently declared that the... | |
 | United States - 1836 - 494 pages
...fortress of liberty. I may be pardoned for quoting the oft- quoted- stanza: " There is a weapon surer yet And better than the bayonet ; A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, And executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; A weapon that no bolts nor locks... | |
 | John Pierpont - American poetry - 1840 - 366 pages
...cannon-shot, or bursting shell ! These shall not fall upon your head, As once * upon your house they fell. We have a weapon, firmer set And better than the bayonet;...freeman's will As lightning does the will of God; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you ; — 't is the ballot-box. Black as your deed... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - Almanacs, American - 1841 - 522 pages
...it is the main support of simple reputation. — Shenntone. • THE BALLOT BOX.— By J. Pierpont. WE have a weapon, firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; A weapon which cornea down as still As snow-flakes fill upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning... | |
 | Henry Brown - Illinois - 1844 - 526 pages
...; and the ballot-box the most powerful instrument in existence. It ia " A weapon that comes down BB still, As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But executes...freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God." Under a despotic government, everything is smooth and quiet upon the surface. It is, however, a sea... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; — A weapen that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall npon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force, nor doors nor locks Can shield you ; — 'tis the ballot-boxBlack as your deed... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 308 pages
...cannon-shot, or bursting shell! These shall not fall upon your head, As once upon your house they fell. We have a weapon, firmer set, And better than the bayonet ; — A weapen that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod ; But executes a freeman's will As... | |
 | George Washington Bungay - United States - 1854 - 508 pages
...not heard the following extract from a popular poem entitled the BallotBox ? I quote from memory : We have a weapon firmer set, And better than the bayonet,...comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, Yet executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God. . Perhaps no temperance poem ever... | |
 | Andrew Morton Brown - Covenanters - 1859 - 462 pages
...the Church might be with them, and preside over their deliberations. CHAPTER IX. THE CONFERENCE. " We have a weapon firmer set, And better than the bayonet, A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes full upon the sod, Yet executes a freeman's will, As lightning does the will of God." As early as nine... | |
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A weapon that comes down as still As snow-flakes fall upon the sod, But executes a freeman's will As lightning does the will of God ; And from its force nor doors nor locks Can shield you; — 'tis the ballot-box. 
