 | Thomas Moore - 1860 - 782 pages
...of Light. " Though foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field of warfare, blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is,* " It would not stain...be, on this earthly sphere, " A boon, an offering Heav'n holds dear, " 'Tis the hist libation Liberty draws " From the heart that bleeds and breaks in... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - Readers - 1860 - 450 pages
...Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, "For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain...purest rill, That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss ! O, if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 428 pages
...she caught the last — Last glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! 1 " It would not stain the purest rill, " That sparkles...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ! " " Sweet," said the Angel, as she gave The gift into his radiant hand, " Sweet is our welcome of... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1861 - 778 pages
...of Light. " Though foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field of warfare, blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is,* " It would not stain...purest rill, " That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss . " Ob, if there be, on this earthly sphere, " A boon, an offering Heav'u holds dear, where be displayed... | |
 | Robert Seymour Symmes Tharin - History - 1863 - 260 pages
...son (with his expatriated family) is alive and well. , " ' Oh ! if there be, in this world of care, A boon, an offering, Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause 1' " This reflection is my rich reward and my consolation. " I am, &c., " ROBERT S. THARIN." "THARIN... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 pages
...Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliag 1 Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last... | |
 | 1865 - 426 pages
...of Light. " Though foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field of warfare, blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is,* " It would not stain the purest rill, • Objections may be made to my nse of the word Liberty in this, and more especially in the story... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain the...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause. " " Sweet," said the Angel, as she gave The gift into his radiant hand, " Sweet is our welcome of the... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 pages
...foul are the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holv is, It would not stain the purest rill That sparkles...From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause !" Moore wrote those undying lines, the Canadian Boat-Song, during his passage of the St. Lawrence,... | |
 | Jeremiah Lewis Diman - Fourth of July orations - 1866 - 674 pages
...spirits fled. We plant above theirclay the willow and the laurel, and we feel that blood like this " For liberty shed so holy is It would not stain the...Oh: if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an oflering Heaven holds dear, Tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that bleeds, and breaks... | |
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Oh! if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause ! 
