We wish, finally, that the last object on the sight of him who leaves his native shore, and the first to gladden his who revisits it, may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and the glory of his country. Let it rise, till it meet the sun... American Quarterly Review - Page 313edited by - 1831Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Nicholas Martin - American literature - 1871 - 236 pages
...may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and the glory of his country. Let it rise ! let it rise, till it meet the sun in his coming; let...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. LEWIS CASS.' 1782-1866. From his "Report of the Secretary of War." December 1837. 75. POLICY OF REMOVING... | |
| Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1872 - 382 pages
...God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. 15. We wish, finally, that the last object on the sight...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. • The use of more words than are necessary to express ideas, is pleonasm; while needless repetition... | |
| Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...the first to gladden his who revisits it, may be something which shall remind him of the liberty and glory of his country. Let it rise till it meet the...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. CRIME REVEALED BY CONSCIENCE. THE deed* was executed with a degree of self-possession and steadiness... | |
| Joseph Leeds - Fourth of July orations - 1872 - 40 pages
...words, descriptive of a scene to come of beauty and magnificence, viz. : "Let it rise, till it meets the sun in his coming, Let the earliest light of the...it, And parting day linger and play on its summit." If Independence Square should have the monument of memorials here proposed, then we will borrow Mr.... | |
| 1873 - 648 pages
...fell on that hallowed spot, " Let it rise till it meet the sun in his coming; lot the earliest ray of the morning gild it, and parting day linger and play on its summit." So we say of the high school house; let it rise as an evidence that we are worthy descendants of the... | |
| Worthy Putnam - Elocution - 1874 - 424 pages
...the last object on the sight of hip* who leaves his native shore, and the first to gladden his wht revisits it, may be something which shall remind him...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. LESSON XXXV. THE VOICES AT THE THRONE. AHONTMOUS. 1. A IITTLE child, A little meek-faced, quiet, village... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1876 - 660 pages
...to carry this monument higher and still higher ! May I say, as on another occasion, " Let it rise ! let it rise, till it meet the Sun in his coming ;...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit ! " Fellow-citizens, what contemplations are awakened in our minds as we assemble here to reiinact... | |
| Frederick Saunders - Fourth of July celebrations - 1877 - 894 pages
...defense, and promote the general welfare. In the language of Mr. Webster, we say : " Let it rise ! let it rise, till it meet the sun in his coming ;...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit." The story of the origin and construction of our federative system, forms a link in the general development... | |
| George Washington Warren - Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 - 1877 - 544 pages
...both in and out of New England. i EDWARD EVERETT, Secretary. <* JS J ' //tA, JJ&rfu*- £&CHAPTER VII. Let it rise till it meet the sun in his coming ; let...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit. DANIEL WEBSTER was appointed at the first annual meeting of the Association, after its organization,... | |
| New England Historic Genealogical Society - New England - 1877 - 232 pages
...the words of Webster on Bunker's heights, which still linger in my ears, "Let it meet the sun in its coming; let the earliest light of the morning gild...it, and parting day linger and play on its summit." My friends, is it not passing strange that no fitting statue has been erected by any of our cities,... | |
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