 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - Holidays - 1921 - 40 pages
...William Cullen Bryant.] "(Read in Mew York, Apr. 25, 1865, at the martyred President's obsequies.) "Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle, and merciful,...anguish of a land That shook with horror at thy fall. Thv task is done — the bond are free — We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose proudest monument... | |
 | Memorial Day - 1922 - 50 pages
...watch will stand! — ANNETTE KOHN, in the NY Times Book Reviewing Magazine. The Death of Lincoln Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful...bear The sword of power, a nation's trust! In sorrow hy thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with... | |
 | Smith Burnham - Explorers - 1922 - 400 pages
...Bryant, one of the first of American poets, wrote these lines for the Martyr President's funeral: "O, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful...God didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust. Pure was thy life; its bloody close Has placed thee with the Sons of Light, Among the noble hearts... | |
 | Allan Nevins - American newspapers - 1922 - 620 pages
...(1865). But the finest poetical contribution which he ever made to it was his "Death of Lincoln" : O slow to smite, and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! which first saw the light in the Evening Post of April 2O, 1865. CHAPTER FOURTEEN RECONSTRUCTION AND... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 pages
...Lincoln, "the gentlest and most Christlike mortal that ever wielded power in all the tide of time." O, slow to smite, and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! Who in the fear of God did bear The Sword of power, a Nation's trust. In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that husheth... | |
 | Emanuel Hertz - 1927 - 774 pages
...William Cullen Bryant, read in New York, April 25, 1865, at the martyred President's obsequies: "Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle, and merciful,...sword of power — a Nation's trust. In sorrow by the bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with horror... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Edward Douglas Snyder - American literature - 1927 - 1288 pages
...chee, chee. THE DEATH OF LINCOLN Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and 'merciful and justl Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power,...a 'nation's trust! In sorrow by thy bier we stand, 5 Amid 'the awe that hushes all, And speak the 'anguish of a land That shook with horror at thy fall.... | |
 | Florence Ann Adams, Elizabeth McCarrick - Holidays - 1927 - 362 pages
...life his own. Therefore of all our heroes whom we think on He has a place alone. DEATH OF LINCOLN |H, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful...shook with horror at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bonds are free; We bear thee to an honored grave; Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters... | |
 | 1928 - 458 pages
...at a great meeting in Union Square on the day Lincoln's body had lain in state at the City Hall: O slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just! Who, in the fear of God, did'st hear, The sword of power — a nation's trust: In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...pealed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. (1. 41—44) AA; AnAmPo; FPL; PoLF The Death of Lincoln 5 (1. 5-8) Bryant POETRY QUOTATIONS 6 Pure was thy life; its bloody close Hath placed thee with the sons... | |
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Oh, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just ! Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust ! In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with... 
