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
| Hubert Marshall Skinner - 1893 - 458 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. 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... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1895 - 874 sider
...fled! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. "Tho' foul are the drops that oft distil " On the field...warfare, blood like this " For Liberty shed so holy is, 6 " It would not stain the purest rill " That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss! "Oh, if there be... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1895 - 838 sider
...fled ! " Be this," she cried, as she winged her flight, " My welcome gift at the Gates of Light. "Tho' foul are the drops that oft distil "On the field of...warfare, blood like this " For Liberty shed so holy is,6 " It would not stain the purest rill " That sparkles among the Bowers of Bliss ! " Oh, if there... | |
| Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 512 sider
...glorious drop his heart had shed Before its free-born spirit fled! " 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 the... | |
| Southern Historical Society - 1899 - 814 sider
...willingly with an approving conscience, sealed with their blood, and sanctioned in high heaven. " O! if there be on this earthly sphere A boon, an offering heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Libery draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." J GEN. PGT BEAUREGARD. His Comprehensive... | |
| Samuel Furman Hunt - 1908 - 528 sider
...themselves to the Republic and have fallen in the morning of life— their harvest of glory ungatheredf "If there be on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering Heaven holds dear 'Tis the last libation that Liberty draws Prom the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause." They exhibited a fidelity to... | |
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