Hidden fields
Books Books
" Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices. And jarrest the celestial harmonies? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed... "
Poems - Page 102
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1901
Full view - About this book

The Nautical Magazine: A Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected ..., Volume 41

1872 - 1120 pages
...magnanimously forgiven. THE NAUTICAL MAGAZINE. NEW SERIES. DECEMBER, 1872. THE GENEVA ARBITRATION. Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...redeem the human mind from error, There were no need for arsenals and forts.* THE passions of mankind are, perhaps, as fierce as ever they were, but they...
Full view - About this book

The American Common-school Reader and Speaker: Being a Selection of Pieces ...

John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...the cannonade. Is it, O man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed instruments as these, 15 Thou drownest nature's sweet and kindly voices, And...courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, 20 There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every...
Full view - About this book

Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and ..., Volumes 24-25

1844 - 784 pages
...half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camps and court?, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were...The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And ever)' nation that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on ils forehead Would wear forevennore...
Full view - About this book

The True Grandeur of Nations: an Oration Delivered Before the Authorities of ...

Charles Sumner - 1845 - 108 pages
...attractive of any in the poem, but which commend themselves by their intrinsic truth and moral force ; Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift again Its...
Full view - About this book

Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 308 pages
...With such accursed instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarreHt the celestial harmonies '. Were half the power, that...every nation, that should lift again Its hand against u brother, on its forehead Would wearforevermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through...
Full view - About this book

Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 302 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drowneet Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror....every nation, that should lift again Its hand against u brother, on its forehead Would wear forevermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through...
Full view - About this book

Life of Major General Zachary Taylor: With Notices of the War in New Mexico ...

John Frost - 1847 - 414 pages
...of San Juan de Ulloa, I could not but think of Longfellow's beautiful and truthful lines. ' Is it, 0 man, with such discordant noises, With such accursed...error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The following incidents concerning the battle of Sierra Gordoare taken from the New Orleans Delta. The...
Full view - About this book

Life of Major General Zachary Taylor: With Notices of the War in New Mexico ...

John Frost - 1847 - 422 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonics * Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The following incidents concerning the battle of Sierra Gordo are taken from the New Orleans Delta. The....
Full view - About this book

Anti-war: Two Discourses, Delivered at Williston and Burlington, July, 1846 ...

John Gregory - 1847 - 120 pages
...thirty-five millions expended by this professedly Christian nation, in teaching men how to love enemies ! " Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...courts,. Given to redeem the human mind from error, TKere would be ho need of arsenals an«I fotta. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every...
Full view - About this book

American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 30

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1847 - 752 pages
...voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies? ' Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Wern half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts Given...from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts !' 1847.] TJte Dying Soldier to hi» Mother. THE DYING SOLDIER TO ,HIS MOTHER. ВТ BW B • LI в...
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF