 FREEDOM! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl, with light and delicate limbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the cap With which the Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed...  The Southern literary messenger - Page 3421856Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1892 - 520 pages
...master crowned his slave When he took oft' the gyves. A bearded Man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars. — Ibid. HURRICANE. What roar is that ?— 'tis the rain that breaks... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1892 - 480 pages
...master crowned his slave, When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - Readers - 1892 - 546 pages
...master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched... | |
 | Henry Dickson Capers - Blue Ridge Railroad - 1893 - 636 pages
...delicate limbs, And wavy tresses, gushing from her can. " A bearded man Armed to the teeth art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield ; and one...sword ; Thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, Is scarred With tokens of old wars." Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,—I have done. I have executed my commission.... | |
 | Robert Flint - France - 1893 - 778 pages
...Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched... | |
 | Robert Flint - France - 1893 - 794 pages
...Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beanty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling.... | |
 | Kanzō Uchimura, A heathen convert - Christian converts - 1895 - 224 pages
...have found it somewhat like poet Bryant's Freedom, " A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword ; thy brow Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling." We can appreciate... | |
 | Kanzō Uchimura - Christian converts from Confucianism - 1895 - 240 pages
...We have found it somewhat like poet liryant's Freedom, "A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword; thy .brow Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling." We can appreciate "Pilgrim's... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - Readers - 1880 - 238 pages
...master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched... | |
 | Emma J. Todd - 1896 - 522 pages
...Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the...sword; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched... | |
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