 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 - 1885 - 518 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... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison - 1885 - 528 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." See also the tribute of the Board of Managers of the Mass. AS Society, evidently from Mr. Garrison's... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1887 - 472 pages
...sank in seeming loss before its foes : Man}' there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cuuning enemy their swords, He scorned their gifts of fame,...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... | |
 | Wendell Phillips Garrison, Francis Jackson Garrison - Abolitionists - 1885 - 528 pages
...stand upon the weaker 'side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes; Many there were who mode great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords....words, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore he weut And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content So he could... | |
 | Phrenology - 1882 - 688 pages
...before its foes. Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their iwords. He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold,...And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic name J and fool, yet well content So he could be the nearer to God's heart. And feel its solemn pulses... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English poetry - 1889 - 248 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,...content So he could be the nearer to God's heart, 320 And feel its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXIV.... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American literature - 1890 - 340 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. Wherein their souls were buried long ago: They trampled on their youth, and faith,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1890 - 370 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. Wherein their souls were buried long ago : They trampled on their youth, and faith,... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - English drama - 1890 - 338 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. Wherein their souls were buried long ago: They trampled on their youth, and faith,... | |
 | William Carlos Martyn - Biography & Autobiography - 1890 - 608 pages
...sank in seeming loss before its foes ; Many there were who made great haste and sold Unto the coming enemy their swords. He scorned their gifts of fame,...Through all the widespread veins of endless good." VII. IN FANEUIL HALL. MR. PHILLIPS and Miss Greene were married on October 12th, 1837.1 He wedded an... | |
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