 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1893 - 482 pages
...the belfries rock and reel ! How the great guns, peal on peal, Fling the joy from town to town ! " Did we dare, In our agony of prayer, Ask for more...any time or land Stretched as now beneath the sun? " Ring and swing, Bells of joy! On morning's wing Send the song of praise abroad ! With a sound of... | |
 | Robert Blackley Drummond - Slavery - 1865 - 18 pages
...sea : He hath cast the mighty down ; Horse and rider sink and drown ; He hath triumphed gloriously ! Did we dare In our agony of prayer Ask for more than...When was ever his right hand Over any time or land Stretch'd as now beneath the sun ! How they pale, Ancient myth, and song, and tale, In this wonder... | |
 | Education - 1865 - 594 pages
...sea ; He has cast the mighty down ; Horse and rider sink and drown ; He has triumphed gloriously ! Did we dare In our agony of prayer Ask for more than Ue has donc t When was ever His right hand Over any time or land Stretched as now beneath the sun !... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...sea ; He hath east the mighty down ; Horse and rider sink and drown; He hath triumphed gloriously ! Did we dare In our agony of prayer Ask for more than...days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with freedom's rights, And the wrath of man is praise ! Blotted out All within and all about Shall a fresher... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 734 pages
...sea : He hath cast the mighty down ; Horse and rider sink and drown ; He hath triumphed gloriously 1 Did we dare In our agony of prayer Ask for more than...any time or land Stretched, as now, beneath the sun ? In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 948 pages
...triumphed gloriously ! • Did we dare In our a:rony of prayer Ask for more than lie has done ? AVht-n was ever his right hand Over any time or land Stretched, as now, beneath the sun ? In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the... | |
 | British and foreign freed-men's aid society - 1866 - 586 pages
..." Lord forgive us ! whe are we, That our eyes this glory see That our ears have heard this sound ? Did we dare In our agony of prayer Ask for more than heaven has done ? When was ever God's right hand Over any time or land Strctched as now beneath the... | |
 | John Swett - Elocution - 1867 - 252 pages
...spoken; He has smitten witli his thunder The iron wall asunder, And the gates of brass are broken I How they pale, Ancient myth, and song, and tale, In...with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise I Blotted out I All within and all about Shall a fresher life begin: Freer breathe the universe As... | |
 | M. S. Mitchell - Elocution - 1869 - 416 pages
...has cast the mighty down ; Horse and rider sink and drown ; " He hath triumphed gloriously ! " Bid we dare In our agony of prayer, Ask for more than...any time or land Stretched as now beneath the sun T 25* How they pale, Ancient myth and song and tale, In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1870 - 536 pages
...forgive us ! What arc we. That our eyes this glory sec — That our cars have heard this soand ? " How they pale — Ancient myth and song and tale —...with righteous law. And the wrath of man is praise ! " To him the consummation came like the golden fruit of autumn after a long summer of weary toil... | |
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How they pale, Ancient myth and song and tale, In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise... 
