 And laurelled Clio at his side Her storied pages showing. All parties feared him : each in turn Beheld its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...  Littell's Living Age - Page 1891847Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 974 pages
...Webster added a new fame,) without thinking of what that last stanza so well expresses of Randolph ! Too honest or too proud to feign A love he never cherished,...hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, Ho only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er his Old Dominion ! That last verse may not be absolutely true,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...love he never cherish'd, Beyond Virginia's border line His patriotism perish'd. While others hail'd in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain bird Sloop o'er his Old Dominion ! Still through each change of fortune strange, Rack'd nerve, and brain... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of to join the whirlwind and the storm ; TV drops of dew exhale«! from flowers of spring, Rw- cherish'd, Beyond Virginia's border line His patriotism perish'd. While others hail'd in distant ekiee... | |
 | 1858 - 518 pages
...Webster added a new fame,) without thinking of what that last stanza so well expresses of Randolph! Too honest or too proud to feign A love he never cherished,...saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er his Old Dominion ! That last verse may not be absolutely true, but it is beautiful writing; one may say as Coleridge... | |
 | Boston Burns Club (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 100 pages
...[Applause.] aptly descriptive of one trait in the character of Burns. He writes thus : " Sworn foe of cant, he smote it down, With trenchant wit unsparing,...with ruthless hand, The robe pretence was wearing." Mr. Emerson will have the kindness to read the production of Mr. Whittier. [Applause.] John G. Whittier's... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1864 - 422 pages
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, Ho only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er lus Old Dominion ! Still through each change of fortune strange,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1866 - 122 pages
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...Still through each change of fortune strange, Racked herve, and brain all burning, His loving faith in Mother-land Knew never shade of turning ; By Britain's... | |
 | John Douglas Sutherland Campbell Duke of Argyll - African Americans - 1867 - 400 pages
...:" — " Too honest and too proud to feign A love he never cherished, Beyond Virginia's border-line His patriotism perished. While others hailed in distant skies Our eagle's dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain-bird Stoop o'er his ' old dominion.' " The papers frequently contain speculations as to whether... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1868 - 410 pages
...its schemes disjointed, As right or left his fatal glance And spectral finger pointed. Sworn foe of Cant, he smote it down With trenchant wit unsparing,...dusky pinion, He only saw the mountain bird Stoop o'er lus Old Dominion 1 Still through each change of fortune strange, Racked nerve, and brain all burning,... | |
 | Chicago (Ill.) - 1868 - 706 pages
...stupidity or the epidermis of a rhinoceros can survive the onslaught. "Sworn foe to cant, ho emote it down, With trenchant wit unsparing; And, mocking, rent with ruthless hand The robe pretense was wearing." An incident will illustrate his powers of repartee. When at Teneriffe, in 1863,... | |
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