 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 - 1898 - 538 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. XXIV. THE STREET. They pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
 | James Chisholm - Otago (N.Z.) - 1898 - 352 pages
...us go And humbly join us to the weaker part : Fanatics named, the fools, yet well content So we can be the nearer to God's heart, And feel its solemn...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. The following contrasts are noteworthy. In March, 1849, a year after the arrival of the first settlers,... | |
 | Aaron Macy Powell - Antislavery movements - 1899 - 318 pages
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the common enemy their swords; He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." CHAPTER IV. MY first anti-slavery lecturing campaign included, beside the meetings already referred... | |
 | Ebenezer Edwards - Welsh - 1899 - 486 pages
...He saw God stand upon the weaker side, That sank, in seeming loss before its foes * * * * lie went Fanatic named and Fool, yet well content, So he could...nearer to God's heart, And feel its solemn pulses." If my somewhat lengthy record of the war seem tedious, I pray my reader to bear in mind the magnitude... | |
 | Quotations, American - 1901 - 458 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 gifts of fame, and flower, and gold, And underneath their soft and flowery words Heard the cold serpent hiss; therefore... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 364 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 widespread veins of endless good. XXIV THE STREET THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to and... | |
 | United States - 1904 - 778 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." When chattel slavery was destroyed in this republic, most of the great moral leaders seemed to feel... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - American literature - 1904 - 812 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 gifte of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery words, Heard the cold serpent... | |
 | Curtis Hidden Page - American poetry - 1905 - 730 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 widespread veins of endless good. (1843.) RHCECUS1 GOD sends his teachers unto every age, To every clime, and every race of men, With... | |
 | CURTIS HIDDEN PAGE, PH. D. - 1905 - 778 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 widespread veins of endless good. (1843.) RHCECUS * GOD sends his teachers unto every age, To every clime, and every race of men, With... | |
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