The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men ; — Small bat and wren House in the oak : — If earth-fire cleave The upheaved land, and bury the folk, The southern crocodile would grieve. Poems - Page 91by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1847 - 244 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook ! And in thy vallies, Agiochook ! The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...little men. Small bat and wren House in the oak. If earth fire cleave The upheaved land, and bury the folk, The southern crocodile would grieve. Virtue... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1856 - 266 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook ! And in thy valleys, Agiochook ! The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...would indignant rend The northland from the south 1 Wherefore 1 to what good end ? Boston Bay and Bunker Hill Would serve things still; — Things are... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 338 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook ! And in thy valleys, Agiochook ! The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...hence ; Freedom praised, but hid ; Funeral eloquence What boots thy zeal, O glowing friend, That would indignant rend The northland from the south ? Wherefore... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1883 - 344 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook! And in thy valleys, Agiochook! - The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...hence; Freedom praised, but hid ; Funeral eloquence What boots thy zeal, 0 glowing friend, That would indignant rend The northland from the south ? Wherefore... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 332 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook ! And in thy valleys, Agiochook ! The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...The southern crocodile would grieve. Virtue palters ; Eight is hence ; Freedom praised, but hid ; Funeral eloquence What boots thy zeal, O glowing friend,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - American literature - 1883 - 344 pages
...would grieve. Virtue palters ; Eight is hence : Freedom praised, but hid ; Funeral eloquence Eattles the coffin-lid. What boots thy zeal, O glowing friend,...would indignant rend The northland from the south 1 Wherefore ? to what good end ? Boston Bay and Bunker Hill Would serve things still ; — Things are... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900 - 344 pages
...found by thee, O rushing Contoocook ! And in thy valleys, Agiochook ! The jackals of the negro-holder. The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...palters ; Right is hence ; Freedom praised, but hid j Funeral eloquence Rattles the coffin-lid. What boots thy zeal, O glowing friend, That would indignant... | |
| John Albee - Historic buildings - 1884 - 250 pages
...so little to preserve the memorials of its early history as ours. Is it true, as some poet said? " The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men." The Sheaf e family was, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, among the most important in business... | |
| Concord School of Philosophy - Authors, American - 1885 - 530 pages
...Behold the famous States Harrying Mexico With rifle and with knife ! " How is this for satire ? — " The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land...bat and wren House in the oak : — If earth-fire clear* The upheared land, and burr the folk. The Southern crocodile would griere ! " And the lesson... | |
| John Albee - Historic buildings - 1885 - 258 pages
...so little to preserve the memorials of its early history as ours. Is it true, as some poet said? " The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men." The Sheafe family was, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, among the most important in business... | |
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