 Yes, give me the land where the ruins are spread, And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead ; Yes, give me a land that is blest by the dust, And bright with the deeds of the down-trodden just. Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast...  The Spirit of the South: Orations, Essays, and Lecturesby William Henry Stewart - 1908 - 238 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1908 - 262 pages
...barren, beautiless and bleak, it becomes lovely in its consecrated coronet of sorrow. "Yes, give me the land where the ruins are spread; And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead; Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast Has flashed to the future the fame of the past; Yes, give me... | |
 | John Scott - Biography & Autobiography - 1867 - 522 pages
...spread, And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead ; Yes, give me a land that is bless'd by the dust, And bright with the deeds of the down-trodden just. Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast Has flashed on the future the form of the past ; Yes, give me a land that... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - United States - 1869 - 666 pages
...away and are forgotten—the sufferings of rii-ht are graven deepest on the chronicles of tuitions. YES ! give me a land where the ruins are spread, And...deeds of the down-trodden just Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast lias flashed on the future the form of the past; Yes, give me the land... | |
 | Josephus Conn Guild - Frontier and pioneer life - 1878 - 516 pages
...away and are forgotten — the sufferings of right are graven deepest on the chronicles of nations! " Yes, give me a land where the ruins are spread, And...down-trodden just! Yes, give me the land that hath legend and lays, Enshrining the memories of long-vanished days. Yes, give me a land that hath story... | |
 | Abram Joseph Ryan - Christian poetry, American - 1879 - 290 pages
...forgotten— the sufferings of right are graven deepest on the chronicle of nations.'* ES, give me the land where the ruins are spread, And the living tread...deeds of the down-trodden just. Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast Has flashed to the future the fame of the past ; Yes, give me the land... | |
 | Thomas Earnshaw Bradley - 1881 - 862 pages
...chronicles of natuu. give me the land where she mini spread, And the living tread light on the hearts <» the dead , Yes, give me a land that is blest by the dost And bright with the deeds of the down-trodden j'ist. Yes. give me the land where the battle's... | |
 | Abram Joseph Ryan - Poetry - 1884 - 390 pages
...forgotten— the sufferings of right are graven deepest on tho chronicle of nations." S, give me the land where the ruins are spread, And the living tread light on the hearls of the dead; fes, give me a land that is blest by the dust, And bright with the deeds of the... | |
 | Abram Joseph Ryan - Authors - 1888 - 500 pages
...forgotten — the sufferings of right are graven deepest on the chronicle of nations." YES, give me the land where the ruins are spread, And the living tread...deeds of the down-trodden just. Yes, give me the land where the battle's red blast Has flashed to the future the fame of the past; Yes, give me the land... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1888 - 478 pages
...the dust of her patriot dead, let this be the desire of our hearts for her : " Oh ! give me the State where the ruins are spread, And the living tread light on the hearts of the dead ; Yes, give me the State that is blest by the dust, And bright with the deeds of the down-trodden just; Yes, give... | |
 | Lizzie Cary Daniel - Confederate States of America - 1893 - 296 pages
...Where the ruins are spread, v/ And the living tread light On the heart of the dead; Yes, give me the land That is blest by the dust, And bright with the...deeds Of the down-trodden just. Yes, give me the land Where the battle's red blast -- Has flashed on the future The form of the past; i/ Yes, give me the... | |
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