Patriotism in Poetry and Prose: Being Selected Passages from Lectures and Patriotic Readings |
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... here , that what- ever I may say or do in defence of the nation and the Administration arises from a deep - seated conviction that my duties as an American citizen are inseparably con- nected with my duties to my Maker , and that I am ...
... here , that what- ever I may say or do in defence of the nation and the Administration arises from a deep - seated conviction that my duties as an American citizen are inseparably con- nected with my duties to my Maker , and that I am ...
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... here , that what- ever I may say or do in defence of the nation and the Administration arises from a deep - seated conviction that my duties as an American citizen are inseparably con- nected with my duties to my Maker , and that I am ...
... here , that what- ever I may say or do in defence of the nation and the Administration arises from a deep - seated conviction that my duties as an American citizen are inseparably con- nected with my duties to my Maker , and that I am ...
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... here yesterday , and meself and some of the others were not as well pleased as we might have been at a wake or a wedding . But for meself , I will venture to say , had I heard you make that speech on the other side of the river , the ...
... here yesterday , and meself and some of the others were not as well pleased as we might have been at a wake or a wedding . But for meself , I will venture to say , had I heard you make that speech on the other side of the river , the ...
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... here his letter explaining some of his apparent inconsistencies , as they are termed . ( EXTRACT FROM THE FRANKFORT ( KENTUCKY ) " COMMONWEALTH , ” APRIL 26 , 1864. ) The circumstances which elicited from the President the letter are ...
... here his letter explaining some of his apparent inconsistencies , as they are termed . ( EXTRACT FROM THE FRANKFORT ( KENTUCKY ) " COMMONWEALTH , ” APRIL 26 , 1864. ) The circumstances which elicited from the President the letter are ...
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... Here quiet herds Shall crop the ample pasture , and on slopes Doze through the summer noon . While every beast Which prowls , a terror to the frontier fold , Shall only live in some remember'd tale , Told by tradition in the lighted ...
... Here quiet herds Shall crop the ample pasture , and on slopes Doze through the summer noon . While every beast Which prowls , a terror to the frontier fold , Shall only live in some remember'd tale , Told by tradition in the lighted ...
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Page 93 - And shook it forth with a royal will. " Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog ! March on !
Page 136 - UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate. We know what master laid thy keel; What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel; Who made each mast and sail and rope; What anvils rang, what hammers beat; In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope.
Page 114 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 27 - I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man, devised or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If God now wills the removal of a great wrong, and wills also that we of the North, as well as you of the South, shall pay fairly for our complicity in that wrong, impartial history will find therein new cause to attest and revere...
Page 135 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!
Page 39 - Truth crushed to earth, shall rise again The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
Page 49 - AY, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck once red with heroes...
Page 122 - They fought like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered; but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won, Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly as to a night's repose— Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 92 - Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind : the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one.
Page 141 - God's temple is the house of peace! " The other shouted, " Nay, not so. When God is with our righteous cause; His holiest places then are ours, His temples are our forts and towers That frown upon the tyrant foe; In this, the dawn of Freedom's day, There is a time to fight and pray...