| 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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