 | Thomas Smyth - 1857 - 156 pages
...a onc'e glorious Union, — on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, — on a land rent with feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood....the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honoured throughout the earth, still full-high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original... | |
 | Maurice Glen Baxter - 1984 - 676 pages
...generations after him: "When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full and high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a strip erased... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 pages
...Webster's speech were: When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, with fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance, rather, behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
 | Robert Vincent Remini - 1997 - 830 pages
...what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in the original lustre, not a stripe erased or... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...what lies behind! When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original luster, not a stripe erased or... | |
 | Burton Egbert Stevenson - 2001 - 416 pages
...sheer eloquence : " When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or... | |
 | Benson Bobrick - 2008 - 296 pages
...veil. God grant that, in my day at least, that curtain may not rise ... on the broken and dishonoured fragments of a once glorious union; on States dissevered,...feuds, or drenched it may be, in fraternal blood!" As the years passed, the population of the free states increased faster than that of the slave, giving... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 476 pages
...what lies behind. When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or... | |
 | Craig R. Smith - 2005 - 310 pages
...for support. . . . When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments...belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched ... in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign... | |
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When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or... 
