When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched,... Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War - Page 13by Benson Bobrick - 2008 - 300 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| Robert Young Hayne - Foot's resolution, 1829 - 1852 - 90 pages
...sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once-glorious Union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now... | |
| William T. Young - Generals - 1852 - 430 pages
...happy country, as she now is, and what she would be, were we looking on " the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered,...discordant, belligerent ; on a land, rent with civil feuds, and drenched in fraternal blood!" Not only in his place in the Senate, has Gen. Cass labored to preserve... | |
| William T. Young - 1852 - 440 pages
...happy country, as she now is, and what she would be, were we looking on " the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered,...discordant, belligerent; on a land, rent with civil feuds, and drenched in fraternal blood !" Not only in his place in the Senate, has Gen. Cass labored to preserve... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States severed, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous Ensign of the Republic, now... | |
| Literature - 1852 - 644 pages
...behold, for the l.ist time, the eun in heaven, may I not see him s'iining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union — on States dissevered,...discordant, belligerent ! — on a land rent with civil femls, or drenched, it may bc, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feebld and lingering glance rather... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not 'see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with^civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! 8. Let their last feeble and lingering... | |
| United States. Congress (32nd, 2nd session : 1852-1853) - 1853 - 94 pages
...great occasion, " are turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once...land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, with fraternal blood. Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
| United States. Congress (32nd, 2nd session : 1852-1853) - 1853 - 102 pages
...great occasion, " are turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, -may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once...land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, with fraternal blood. Let their last feeble and lin-- gering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
| Daniel Webster - United States - 1853 - 574 pages
...behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known... | |
| B. J. Wallace, Albert Barnes - Presbyterian Church - 1853 - 714 pages
...behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known... | |
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