 HE stood upon the world's broad threshold; wide The din of battle and of slaughter rose; He saw God stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes: Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords,...  Poems - Page 263by James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 279 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1863 - 338 pages
...before its foes ; Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their girts of fame, and power, and And, underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. gold, XXIV. THE STREET. THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover... | |
 | JAMES REDPATH - 1863 - 378 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sunk in seeming loss before its foes. Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords...flowery words, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore lie went And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content, So he... | |
 | Theology - 1868 - 802 pages
...stand upon the weaker side That sank in seeming loss before its foes. Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords...underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the old serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named and fool,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1873 - 484 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords,...joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named, and fools.yet well content So he could be the nearer to God's heart. And feel its solemn pulses sending... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes : Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. xxrv. THE STREET. THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1876 - 450 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes : Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. xX1v. THE STREET. THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1879 - 592 pages
...stand upon the wenki-r side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes : Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their gifts of fame, aiid power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their girts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the cold serpent... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords....Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore he went And bumbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content So he could be the... | |
 | New England - 1893 - 848 pages
...days, " He saw God stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes," and he was " well content, So he could be the nearer to God's heart,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." Cheerful and brave though he was, he could not but feel deeply, as the years went on, the loss of old... | |
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