Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all' are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient,... Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln - Page 329by Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 389 pagesFull view - About this book
| American essays - 1872 - 810 pages
...level-lived. Fruitful and friendly for all human-kind, Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars. He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till tne wise years decide. Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly earnest, brave, foreseeing man,... | |
| 1865 - 654 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kiudly-eurncst, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 518 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of... | |
| Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
| Richard Edwards - 1867 - 508 pages
...gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his tune, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence... | |
| Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - America - 1868 - 300 pages
...Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, — Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : He knew to bide his time. And can his fame abide....like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of... | |
| Richard Edwards, John Russell Webb - Readers - 1868 - 510 pages
...victory Such as the present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate, So always firmly he ; He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide, Still patient in his simple faith sublime3 • Till the wise years decide. 7. Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment... | |
| Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - Baptists - 1869 - 524 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he: He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of... | |
| James Russell Lowell - Literary Criticism - 1869 - 312 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he: He knew to bide his time, And can his fame abide,...and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold bis fame, The kindly-earnest, bravo, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate. So always firmly he : the silent Bush-boy alone * cling to the past ;...that have long since fled Flit over the brain, like t conies ; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly-earnest,... | |
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