 | Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction - Holidays - 1911 - 218 pages
...bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with terror at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bond are free;...host of those Who perished in the cause of Eight. — William Cullen Bryant. 9 LINCOLN A peaceful life; — just toil and rest — All his desire; —... | |
 | Michigan. Dept. of Public Instruction - Holidays - 1911 - 218 pages
...bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a laud That shook with terror at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bond are free;...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. — William Cullen Bryant. LINCOLN A peaceful life; — just toil and rest — All his desire;... | |
 | John Cotton Dana - Lincoln Statue (Newark, N. J.) - 1912 - 104 pages
...at thy fall. Thy task is done — the bond are free; We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose noblest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave....the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of right. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Foully Assassinated April 14, 1865 BY TOM TAYLOR (Mark Lemon) In London Punch.... | |
 | Nebraska. Department of Public Instruction - Holidays - 1913 - 216 pages
...Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare. Gentle and merciful and just! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust! In sorrow...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. —William Cullen Bryant. iag A FEW SELECTIONS FROM WASHINGTON'S RULES OF CIVILITY Show not... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer - English language - 1913 - 352 pages
...Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust ! In sorrow...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. — WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. 3. Study. Try to read the poem yourself. What noble qualities of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1914 - 400 pages
...That shook with horror at thy fall. Thy task is done ; the bond are free : We bear thee to an honoured grave, Whose proudest monument shall be The broken...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. April 1865. CASTLES IN THE AIR FROM AN UNPUBLISHED POEM (Atlantic Monthly, January 1866) ' BUT... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - American literature - 1915 - 670 pages
...Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust ! In sorrow...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. ROBERT OF LINCOLN Merrily swinging on brier and weed, Near to the nest of his little dame, Over... | |
 | Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd - Celebrities - 1915 - 326 pages
...at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bond is free — We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose noblest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave....'noble host of those Who perished in the cause of right. CITY HALL, NEW YORK, NY AT the time of the appearance of the procession at the City Hall at... | |
 | Mrs. Ruth Frances (Davis) Stevens, Ruth Frances Davis Stevens, David Harrison Stevens - Patriotic poetry, American - 1917 - 194 pages
...OH, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust ! In sorrow...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN!1 WALT WHITMAN Walt Whitman (1819-1892), the "Poet of Democracy," in 1862... | |
 | Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson - Readers (Elementary) - 1918 - 448 pages
...OH, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, did'st bear The sword of power, a nation's trust. In sorrow...the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. — WILLIAM CULLKN BKYANT GEORGE WASHINGTON BORN FEBRUARY 22, 1732 Broad-minded, higher-souled,... | |
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OH, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust ! In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with... 
