 Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the...  The Poetical Works - 44. oldalszerző: James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 472 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | Thomas Hughes - 1885 - 444 oldal
...on stepping-stones Of their dead selves to higher things." TENNYSON CHAPTER I. HOW THE TIDE TURNED. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to...the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or nil side I • ••••*• Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting... | |
 | Caroline Emily Cameron - 1885 - 256 oldal
...brave man chooses, whilst the coward stands aside." LOWELL. CHAPTER IV. THE ORACLE. " Once to everj' man and nation, comes the moment to decide In the...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side. Then to side withTruth is noble,when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit,... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1885 - 390 oldal
...things plain which then were complex. It was He who gave you grace as a nation to decide aright; for " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth and falsehood for the good or evil side. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom... | |
 | John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1886 - 874 oldal
...Union, and we may well believe that his loyal action was not unavailing in saving the Golden State. "Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side." He chose the good, and, longing for active service, wrote to that effect, and was ordered to Washington,... | |
 | Mrs. H. Lovett Cameron - 1886 - 334 oldal
...you for your sweet compassion !" he said, hoarsely ; and then he told her. CHAPTEE XXX. THE ORACLE. "Once to every man and nation comes the moment to...Truth with Falsehood, for the good' or evil side. Then to side with Truth is noble, when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause bring fame and profit,... | |
 | 1886 - 136 oldal
...™™,5? providence interposed. Never were the Ameri- forcrebruto can poet's lines more appropriate : " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide,...of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side : Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 514 oldal
...step forward in life offers an opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says: — " Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each...bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and the light."... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1886 - 392 oldal
...things plain which then were complex. It was He who gave you grace as a nation to decide aright ; for " Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. In the strife of truth and falsehood for the good or evil side. Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 488 oldal
...step forward in life offers an opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says : — " Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats iipon the left band, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twist that darkness... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 476 oldal
...opportunity which may be accepted or refused. Lowell truly says : — "Some great cause, God's new Messish, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, parts the sheep upon the right ; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and the light."... | |
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