LAUS DEO. 103 LAUS DEO. ON HEARING THE BELLS RING FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. Did we dare, In our agony of prayer, Ask for more than he has done? When was ever his right hand . Stretched as now beneath the sun! How they pale, Ancient myth, and song, and tale, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, Blotted out! All within and all about Freer breathe the universe It is done! In the circuit of the sun Ring and swing Bells of joy! on morning's wing Cambridge: Electrotyped and Printed by Welch, Bigelow, & Co. |