Harvard Memorial Biographies, Volume 1Sever and Francis, 1866 - History |
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Page 12 - sleep without his fame, And leave a dead, unprofitable name, — Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : This is the happy warrior, this is he Whom every man in arms should wish to be!
Page 265 - Because sentence against an evil •work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set on them to do evil.'
Page 202 - Ring out, wild hells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light, The year is dying in the night, Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Page xiii - mould aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful to see Once
Page 266 - though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him';
Page 406 - But who shall so forecast the years, And find in loss a gain to match ? Or reach a hand through time to catch The far-off interest of tears 1
Page 294 - I am growing uneasy, for I never was better situated, and don't be afraid that I shall grow unsettled; — ' To give room for wandering is it That the world was made so wide.' By the way, I have been reading 'Walt and Vult
Page xii - best hope and stay By battle's flashes gropes a desperate way, And every turf the fierce foot clings to bleeds. Peace hath her not ignoble wreath, Ere yet the sharp, decisive word Lights the black lips of cannon, and the sword Dreams in its easeful sheath: But some day the live coal behind the thought, Whether from Baal's stone obscene, Or
Page 83 - It is not reason that we should leave the word of God and serve tables.
Page 428 - on, Thou shrink or start not, but be always one; That thou think nothing great but what is good, And from that thought strive to be understood: — These take, and now go seek thy peace in war; Who falls for love of God shall rise a star.