 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts...  Darton's Pictorial Pages - Seite 21Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 Seiten
...tne power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestow'd on eamps and eourts, iifven to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts ! Peaee seem'd to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the oeean Was for a moment... | |
 | James Booth - 1856 - 212 Seiten
...remember that the march of civilization has more than once been stayed and turned back. They know, " Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts." Let us, too, humbly hope that we shall not be fated to afford another verification of the maxim of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need for arsenals nor forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Association (England) - 1856 - 456 Seiten
...instruments as theie, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jurrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror — Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Down the... | |
 | D. W. Clark - 1856 - 450 Seiten
...Were half the power that fills the world with terrorWere half the wealth bestowed on camps and sports, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter, and then... | |
 | Charles William Smith (professor of elocution.) - 1857 - 338 Seiten
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for... | |
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - 1857 - 356 Seiten
...musketry, the clashing blade, And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade. Were half the power that fills the world with terror—...bestowed on camps and courts— Given to redeem the mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts." On the 7th of September the weather was... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 Seiten
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarres t the celestial harmonies Î Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear forevermore... | |
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 Seiten
...blindness, Melting all spirits earthly into one, And leaving holiness and joy — 'TIS KINDNESS. DK LEE. Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...no need of arsenals nor forts. The warrior's name by all would be abhorred ! And every nation that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 Seiten
...half tbe power that fllln the world with term. Were half the wealth, bestow'd on campi and court*, Given to redeem the human mind from error. There were no need of arflenala nor forUI The wBrnor's name would be a name abhorred I And every naUon Mi.it utiould hf!... | |
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