Far/called, our navies melt away; On dune and headland sinks the fire: Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! The New McGuffey Fifth Reader - Page 151by William Holmes McGuffey - 1901 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1897 - 918 pages
...lest we forget! If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds...Thee to guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thr mercy on Thy People, Lord! Amen. London Times. RuDYAHD KlPI.ING. For soon shall dawn the fatal... | |
| 1902 - 902 pages
...hard. "/'•'•'.'- piece iss what cries in my head : — ' For heathen heart that puts her trnst In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust...boast and foolish word. Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord ! ' " He was a young boy, but he repeated the lines with a passionate fervor; they voiced the most... | |
| 1897 - 678 pages
...Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget ! "For heathen heart that puls her trust In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant...dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee (o guard — For frantic boast and foolish word, Thy Mercy on Thy People, Lord ! Amen." Nothing more... | |
| 1918 - 498 pages
...Kipling's Recessional : "If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds...without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget.' AHR NOTES OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS. SHIPS AND SHIPPING — LIABILITY... | |
| 1922 - 694 pages
...fire — Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Ninevah and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In recking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding calls not Thee to... | |
| 1899 - 870 pages
...opportune moment to stir England's conscience, to rebuke England's pride, to warn her against putting her trust "In reeking tube and iron shard — All valiant dust that builds an dust," and forgetting justice and humility and duty and God. Who shall write America's Recessional?... | |
| 1912 - 810 pages
...lest we forget ! If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in aweSuch boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget— \est -we loxgeU For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron... | |
| 1897 - 630 pages
...vanity, to be as regardful of the rights of others as if we were neither powerful nor wealthy, to shun 'Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law,' — these are the conditions upon which our dominion by sea and land is based even more than on fleets... | |
| 1900 - 728 pages
...the flag ? » * If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not thee in awe,— Such boasting as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds...without the Law, — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet. Lest we forget — lest we forget ! • The « Recessional M stands for the Divine ideal of manhood... | |
| Fred Newton Scott, Joseph Villiers Denny, Joseph Villiers Denney - 1909 - 494 pages
...we forget! " If, drunk with the sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe — Such boasting as the Gentiles use Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! " That, we venture to say, was the feeling in thousands of... | |
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