He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue of flame The startling words for freedom came. The stirring sentences he spake, Compelled the heart to glow or quake, And, rising on his theme's broad wing,... A History of Muhlenberg County - Page 6by Otto Arthur Rothert - 1913 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
| Marshman William Hazen - Readers - 1895 - 450 pages
...of thought and care ; And calmly, as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer. The pastor rose ; the prayer was strong ; The psalm...might, — " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right !" He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| Harry Cassell Davis - College readers - 1897 - 540 pages
...of thought and care ; And, calmly as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer. The pastor rose: the prayer was strong; The psalm...might, — " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right." He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured; Then from his patriot tongue of... | |
| James Baldwin - Readers - 1897 - 430 pages
...republic of the dead. The pastor rose : the prayer was strong ; The psalm was warrior David's song ; 10 The text, a few short words of might, — " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right ! " He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| James Baldwin - Children's poetry - 1897 - 220 pages
...republic of the dead. The pastor rose : the prayer was strong; The psalm was warrior David's song; 10 The text, a few short words of might,— " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right! " He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| Robert McLean Cumnock - Elocution - 1898 - 614 pages
...and care; And calmly, as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer, Then soon he rose; the prayer was strong; The Psalm was warrior...might— " The Lord of Hosts shall arm the right!" He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured; Then from his patriot tongue of... | |
| Sarah Louise Arnold, Charles Benajah Gilbert - Readers - 1898 - 328 pages
...Then soon he rose ; the prayer was strong ; The psalm was warrior David's song; 1 See Frontispiece. The text, a few short words of might ; "The Lord of hosts shall arm the right 1" He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| Frank Townsend Southwick - Oratory - 1900 - 476 pages
...of thought and care ; And calmly, as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer. The pastor rose ; the prayer was strong ; The psalm...might, — " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right ! " He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| Charles Rufus Skinner - Flags - 1900 - 508 pages
...brow of thought and care; And calmly, as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer. The pastor rose; the prayer was strong; The psalm...of might, " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right! " He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1900 - 400 pages
...of thought and care ; And, calmly as shepherds lead their flocks, He led into the house of prayer. The text, a few short words of might, — ••The Lord of hosts shall arm the right." He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Children's literature - 1901 - 364 pages
...the graves where rank is naught: All could not read the lesson taught In that republic of the dead. The pastor rose : the prayer was strong ; The psalm...might, — " The Lord of hosts shall arm the right ! " He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured ; Then from his patriot tongue... | |
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