 The corn, half garnered, on the plain, And mustered, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress ; To right those wrongs, come weal, come woe, To perish, or o'ercome their foe.  The First Class Reader: A Selection for Exercises in Reading, from Standard ... - Page 152by Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir James Edward Alexander - History - 1833 - 360 pages
...landing from their boats below, at the hands of those who, in the words of an American poet, " Left their ploughshare in the mould, Their flocks and herds without...a fold ; The sickle in the unshorn grain, The corn half garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1836 - 534 pages
...To right those wrongs, come weal, come wo, To perish, or o'ercome their foe. Oh, few and weak their numbers were — 'A handful of brave men ; But to...battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory 26. AMBITION. — Need. I loved to hear the war-horn cry, And panted at the drum's deep roll ; And... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...so well. Then glory to that valiant band, The honour'd saviours of the land ! O, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rush'd to battle then. The God of battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - American fiction - 1840 - 248 pages
...offered inviting seats for the councils of this sylvan triumvirate. CHAPTER II. FRONTIER FACTIONS. " They left the ploughshare in the mould, Their flocks...a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain. The corn half garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress, . For wrongs to seek a stern redress... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman - Literary Criticism - 1840 - 972 pages
...sylvan triumvirate. CHAPTER II. FRONTIER FACTIONS. " They left the ploughshare in the mould, Their Bocks and herds without a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, The corn half garnered on the plain, And mustered in their simple dress. For nnrongs to seek a stern redress,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their GO0 they gave their prayer, And rush'd to battle then. The GOD of battles heard their cry,...a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, The corn, half-garner'd, on the plain, And muster'd, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress,... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...To right those wrongs, come weal, come wo, To perish, or o'ercome their foe. Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their...battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory 26. AMBITION. — Neal. I loved to hear the war-horn cry, And panted at the drum's deep roll ; And... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...so well. Then glory to that valiant band, The honour'd saviours of the land ! O, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their GOD they gave their prayer, And rush'd to battle then. The GOD of battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory. They left... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...To right those wrongs, come weal, come wo, To perish, or o'ercome their foe. Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their...battles heard their cry, And sent to them the victory 26. AMBITION. — Neal. I loved to hear the war-horn cry, And panted at the drum's deep roll ; And... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 444 pages
...their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then. The God of battles heard their cry, 20 And sent to them the victory. They left the ploughshare...a fold, The sickle in the unshorn grain, The corn, half garnered, on the plain, 25 And mustered, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress.... | |
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