Bursts up in flame; the war of tongue and pen Learns with what deadly purpose it was fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men... Educational Aims and Civic Needs - Page 137by James Hutchins Baker - 1913 - 183 pagesFull view - About this book
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1866 - 504 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy lifef or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be... | |
| 1868 - 874 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Some day the soft ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! ' Life may be... | |
| 1868 - 850 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Sume day the soft ideal, that we wooed Confronts us fiercely,...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate I ' Lite may be... | |
| 1868 - 556 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men. Some day the soft ideal that we wooed Confronts us...'Was it, then, my praise, And not myself was loved Í Prove now thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give roe thy life, or cower in... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1869 - 312 pages
...fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men: Some day the soft Ideal that wo wooed Confronts us fiercely, foe-beset, pursued, And...thy truth; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate I" Life may bo given... | |
| 1872 - 710 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men: e as if on sand ; The fingers of a man, a solitary...traced them like a wand. The monarch saw and shoo [truth ; And not myself was loved Î Prove now thy I claim of thec the promise of thy youth ; Give... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught. Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate l " Life may be... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 276 pages
...fraught, And, .helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men: Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genius, not its mate ! " Life may be... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...fraught, And, helpless in the fiery passion caught, Shakes all the pillared state with shock of men : Some day the soft Ideal that we wooed Confronts us...thy truth ; I claim of thee the promise of thy youth ; loss, COMMEMORATION DDK. Give me thy life, or cower in empty phrase, The victim of thy genins, not... | |
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