THE word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more ; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. The Romance of the Civil War - Page 113edited by - 1903 - 418 pagesFull view - About this book
| Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...on 1 Jan. THE word of the Lord by night To the watching pilgrims came, As they sat by the sen-side, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, — I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more ; Tip to my car the morning brings The outrage of the poor. Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc... | |
| Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - Quakers - 1891 - 900 pages
...loose from Great Britain, and a few colonies of farmers dared to stake their all upon a noble theory. "God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more;...my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. ***** My angel — his name is Freedom — Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and... | |
| Literature - 1863 - 640 pages
...Emancipation meeting in Boston, on 1 Jnn. THE word of the Lord by night To the watching pilgrims came, As they sat by the sea-side, And filled their hearts...the poor. Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc und war, Where tyrants great nnd tyrants small Might" harrf tho weak and poor ? . My angel — his... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1863 - 780 pages
...AMERICAN HYMN. RY RALPH WALDO EMERSOS. ^UE word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the sea-side ; And filled their hearts...kings, I suffer them no more ; Up to my ear the morning bring* The outrage of the poor. Think ye I made this hall A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great... | |
| Richard Grant White - American poetry - 1866 - 352 pages
...BOSTON HYMN.* BY HALl'H WALDO EMERSON. THE word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the sea-side, And filled their hearts...Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc and war, 140 Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak and poor ? My angi'l, — his name is... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1867 - 226 pages
...night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with Same. i God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more...my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor. t Think ye I made this ball A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry... | |
| Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1893 - 638 pages
...fighting was a government such as they needed and wanted, and for which they were hungering and thirsting. "God said: I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage oi" the poor." "I will have never a noble; No lineage counted great; Fishers and choppers and ploughmen.... | |
| American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...night To the watching I'ilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with llame. G hall A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak and poor... | |
| Science - 1895 - 902 pages
...Hereditary idleness had steadily done its work, and the scepter was already falling from nerveless hands. God said : " I am tired of kings ; I suffer them no more." And when the kings had slipped from their tottering thrones, as there was no one else to rule, the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...MAD IN MUSIC HALL, JANUARY I, 1863. THE word of the Ix>rd by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with...the morning brings The outrage of the poor. Think ye ! made this ball A field of havoc and war, Where tyrants great and tyrants small Might harry the weak... | |
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