Verse for Patriots: To Encourage Good CitizenshipJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 367 pagini |
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Pagina 41
... arms I fly . True , a new mistress now I chase- The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword , a horse , a shield . Yet this inconstancy is such As you , too , should adore ; I could not love thee , dear , so ...
... arms I fly . True , a new mistress now I chase- The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword , a horse , a shield . Yet this inconstancy is such As you , too , should adore ; I could not love thee , dear , so ...
Pagina 42
... arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task , and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand , and rein The charger on the battle - field . Few , few were they whose swords , of old , Won ...
... arms like yours were fitter now ; And let the hands that ply the pen Quit the light task , and learn to wield The horseman's crooked brand , and rein The charger on the battle - field . Few , few were they whose swords , of old , Won ...
Pagina 46
... arms , of sabre stroke , Of leaguered shore agleam ? Or shall the world go forward To wisdom and surcease Of brutal strife , to the higher life Of brotherhood and peace ? O thousand years of Britain's pride , One hundred of your own ...
... arms , of sabre stroke , Of leaguered shore agleam ? Or shall the world go forward To wisdom and surcease Of brutal strife , to the higher life Of brotherhood and peace ? O thousand years of Britain's pride , One hundred of your own ...
Pagina 61
... arm to strike , and soul to dare , As quick , as far , as they . An hour pass'd on - the Turk awoke : That bright dream was his last ; He woke , to hear his sentries shriek , " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek ! " He woke ...
... arm to strike , and soul to dare , As quick , as far , as they . An hour pass'd on - the Turk awoke : That bright dream was his last ; He woke , to hear his sentries shriek , " To arms ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek ! " He woke ...
Pagina 62
... arm'd foe expires ; Strike , for your altars and your fires ; Strike , for the green graves of your sires ; God and your native land ! " They fought , like brave men , long and well ; They piled that ground with Moslem slain ; They ...
... arm'd foe expires ; Strike , for your altars and your fires ; Strike , for the green graves of your sires ; God and your native land ! " They fought , like brave men , long and well ; They piled that ground with Moslem slain ; They ...
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Pagina 183 - We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him, — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Pagina 301 - Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Pagina 283 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and .all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations...
Pagina 76 - WHENE'ER a noble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought Our hearts, in glad surprise, To higher levels rise. The tidal wave of deeper souls Into our inmost being rolls, And lifts us unawares Out of all meaner cares.
Pagina 265 - When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Pagina 145 - Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of death Rode the six hundred. "Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!
Pagina 271 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think ; They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Pagina 194 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Pagina 64 - But with a crash like thunder Fell every loosened beam, And like a dam, the mighty wreck Lay right athwart the stream ; And a long shout of triumph Rose from the walls of Rome, As to the highest turret-tops Was splashed the yellow foam.
Pagina 123 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.