 Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. " Though foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field of warfare, blood like this, " For Liberty shed, so holy is, " It would not stain the purest rill, " That...  Annual Register - Side 317redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Casket - 1873 - 874 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed. Before its free-born spirit fled ! " He this," she cried, as she winged e live. When winter conies are flown ; And be who...that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part. Bre ou this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tie the last libation liberty draws... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed Before his free-horn spirit fled I " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul are the drops that oft distill On the field of warfare,— blood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is, It would not stain... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 sider
...And when the rush of war was past, Swiftly descending on a ray " H<! this, ' she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. Though foul arc the drops that oft distil On the field of warfare, Wood like this, For Liberty shed, so holy is,... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before his free-born spirit fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....purest rill, That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss ! O, if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'T is the last libation... | |
 | Lyman G. Bennett, William M. Haigh - 1876 - 826 sider
...love for exalted services or disinterested patriotism shall sway the impulses of the human heart. " Oh ! if there be on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, Sure 'tis the last libation liberty draws From the heart that suffers and bleeds in her cause." CHAPTER... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1877 - 894 sider
...we worship their memories. We plant above their graves the willow and the laurel, and we feel that blood like this " For liberty shed so holy is It would...on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heaven helds dear, 'Tia the last libation liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause."... | |
 | Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - 1879 - 572 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! "Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, "My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering Heav'n holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 sider
...glorious drop his neart had ehed, before its freeborn spirit fled! " Be this," she cried, as she wing'd her flight, " my welcome gift at the Gates of Light...not stain the purest rill that sparkles among the flowers of bliss ! Oh ! if there be, on this earthly sphere, a boon, an offering, Heaven holds dear,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1880 - 642 sider
...covering edged with gold and pearls." — Universal History, vol. iii. "Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light....purest rill That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss I Oh if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed, Before its free-born spirit fled ! ' Be this,' she cried, as she wing'd her flight, ' My welcome gift at the Gates of Light,...warfare, blood like this, For liberty shed, so holy is,1 It would not stain the purest rill, That sparkles among the bowers of bliss! Oh ! if there bo,... | |
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