 A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot. The timid good may stand aloof, The sage...  Holden's Dollar Magazine - Page 1971918Full view - About this book
 | 1838 - 540 pages
...the battle cry, Oh, be it never heard again ! Soon rested those who fought — but thou, Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive...long Through weary day and weary year ; A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front and flank and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench... | |
 | Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society - 1840 - 658 pages
...the cause of Freedom. In the conflict of 1776 — Soon rested those who fought, but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench not at thy chosen lot ; The timid good may stand aloof,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...at the battle cry, Oh be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not now, Thy warfare only ends with life. THE BATTLE-FIELD. 269 A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 286 pages
...at the battle cry, Oh be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive...long Through weary day and weary year. . A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear. Yet, nerve thy spirit to the proof, And... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 294 pages
...at the battle cry, Oh be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought; but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not now Thy warfare only ends with life. THE BATTLE-FIELD. 269 A friendless warfare ! lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...black-mouth'd gun and staggering wain ; Men start not at the battle-cry; O ! be it never heard again. For truths which men receive not now, Thy warfare...long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weapon *d throng Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear. Yet, nerve thy spirit to the proof, And... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...heard again ! 27* Soon rested those who fought; but thou, Who minglest in the harder strife For truth which men receive not now — Thy warfare only ends...long Through weary day and weary year; A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front, and flank, and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And... | |
 | Charles Timothy Brooks - 1845 - 36 pages
...hattle-cry — Oh, be it never heard again! " Soon rested those who fought — but thou Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive not now ; Thy warfare only ends with life." Bryant. I take this occasion to say, for my own sake, that if there is any inspiration about my verse,... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...battle-cry — Oh, be it never heard again ! Soon rested those who fought — but thou, Who minglest in the harder strife For truths which men receive...long Through weary day and weary year ; A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front and flank and rear. Yet nerve thy spirit to the proof, And blench... | |
 | Bond of brotherhood - 1861 - 798 pages
...at the battle cry, Oh, be it never heard again. Soon rested those who fought ; but thou Who mingles in the harder strife For truths which men receive...warfare only ends with life. A friendless warfare 1 lingering long Through weary day and weary year. A wild and many-weaponed throng Hang on thy front,... | |
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