 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
 | United States - 1909 - 632 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;...flowery words. Heard the cold serpent hiss; therefore he wemt And humbly joined him to the weaker part. Fanatic named, and fool, yet well content So he could... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1890 - 452 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,...and power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowerv words, Heard the cold serpent hiss ; therefore he went And humbly joined him to the weaker... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1890 - 562 pages
...stand upon the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes : ilany there were who made great haste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned their gilts of fame, and power, and gold, And, underneath their soft and flowery he went And humbly joined... | |
 | John White Chadwick - Sermons - 1891 - 278 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." How hard it is for some men to conceive that any man should be attracted to a cause by clanger and... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russel Lowell - 1891 - 560 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... | |
 | John White Chadwick - Sermons, American - 1891 - 348 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." How hard it is for some men to conceive that any man should be attracted to a cause by danger and despite... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1891 - 560 pages
...the weaker side, That sank in seeming loss before its foes : Many there were who made great liaste and sold Unto the cunning enemy their swords, He scorned...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good. XXTV. THE STREET. THEY pass me by like shadows, crowds on crowds, Dim ghosts of men, that hover to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - American poetry - 1892 - 206 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,...sending blood Through all the wide-spread veins of BANKSIDE. (HOME OF EDMUND QUINCY.) DEDHAH, MAY n, 1877. I. CHRISTENED you in happier days, before These... | |
 | Phillips Brooks, H. L. S., L. H. S. - Meditations - 1892 - 384 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, And feels its solemn pulses sending blood Through all the widespread veins of endless good. JAMES RUSSELL... | |
 | New Hampshire. General Court. Committee on Hale Statue - Antislavery movements - 1892 - 262 pages
...and was ready to give him further honor, but " He scorned their gifts of fame, and power, and gold, And humbly joined him to the weaker part, Fanatic...Through all the wide-spread veins of endless good." [From The Bee, Omaha, Neb., August 7, 1802.] Less than forty years ago the name of John P. Hale was... | |
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