Up now for Freedom ! — not in strife Like that your sterner fathers saw, — The awful waste of human life, — The glory and the guilt of war: But break the chain, — the yoke remove, And smite to earth Oppression's rod, With those mild arms of Truth... Poems - 142. oldalszerző: John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 408 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| 1835 - 184 oldal
...for Freedom!—not in strife Feel ye no earthquake underneath 1 Up—up—why will ye slumber where Like that your sterner fathers saw— The awful waste...life— The glory and the guilt of war: But break the chain—the yoke remove— And smite to earth oppression's rod, With those mild arms of Truth and Love,... | |
| Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 256 oldal
...earthquake underneath 1 Up— up — why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death 1 Up now for Freedom ! — not in strife Like that your sterner...Truth and Love, Made mighty through the living God! Prone let the thrine of Moloch sink, And leave no traces where it stood Nor longer let its idol drink... | |
| Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 236 oldal
...earlhqnake underneath 1 Up—up—why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death 1 Up now for Freedom !—not in strife Like that your sterner...life— The glory and the guilt of war: But break the chain—the yoke remove And smite to earth oppression's rod, With those mild arms of Truth and Love,... | |
| Maria Weston Chapman - 1836 - 240 oldal
...up — why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death 1 Up now for Freedom ! — not io strife Like that your sterner fathers saw ; The awful...life — The glory and the guilt of war : But break iite chain — the yoke remove And smite to earth oppression's rod, With those mild arms of Truth and... | |
| Lewis W. Paine - 1851 - 208 oldal
...earthquake underneath ? Up, up ! why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death ! " Up, now, for Freedom ! — not in strife Like that your sterner...the chain — the yoke remove — And smite to earth th' oppressor's rod, By those mild arms of Truth and Love Made mighty through the Living God t " Prone... | |
| English poetry - 1853 - 552 oldal
...earthquake underneath? Up — up — why will ye slumber where The sleeper only wakes in death? Up now lor Freedom ! — not in strife Like that your sterner...of Moloch sink, And leave no traces where it stood ; No longer let its idol drink His daily cup of human blood : But rear another altar there, To Truth,... | |
| James Redpath - 1860 - 530 oldal
...The awful waste of human life, The glonj and the guilt of tcar. But break the chain, the yoke rcmore, And smite to earth Oppression's rod With those mild arms of Truth and Ijne, Made miahty through the living God" In the poem entitled " Moral Warfare," (the very title shows... | |
| Henry Highland Garnet - 1865 - 90 oldal
...and executed by the people. Let the gigantic monster perish. Yes, perish now, and perish forever ! " Down let the shrine of Moloch sink, And leave no traces where it stood ; No longer let its idol drink, His daily cup of human blood. But rear another altar there, To truth,... | |
| Catherine Marsh - 1867 - 616 oldal
...cruelties of slavery, and pleaded with fervent eloquence for the liberty of the chained African. ' Up now for freedom !— not in strife, Like that your sterner...With those mild arms of truth and love Made mighty l>y the living God.' No other subject, save one, called forth from him such impassioned earnestness... | |
| Catherine Marsh - 1868 - 414 oldal
...cruelties of slavery, and pleaded with fervent eloquence for the liberty of the chained African. ' Up now for freedom ! —not in strife, Like that your sterner...With those mild arms of truth and love Made mighty by the living God.' No other subject, save one, called forth from him such impassioned earnestness... | |
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