 Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!  The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems - Page 31by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | International peace society - 232 pages
...blissful era, when, in the anticipatory language of the poet — ' The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ; And every nation that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would bear for evermore the curse of Cain ;' " Sixth Month, 1850." " I am thy sincere friend, " MCJ' THE... | |
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...ever)' nation that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on ils forehead Would wear forevennore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through...and then cease ; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibration?, I hear once more the voice of Christ say " Peace !*' Peace ! and no longer from its brazen... | |
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...warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift again Its hand against its brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! 25 Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter, and then cease... | |
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...warrior's name would be a name abhorred! And every nation that should lift again Its hand against its brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! can compare in importance, with the Federal Judiciary, that great balance-wheel of the Constitution,... | |
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...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forte : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again...hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear forevermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through long generations. The echoing sounds... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...Tho warrior's name will be abhorred ; And every nation that should lift again Its hand against its brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the...dark future, through long generations, The echoing grow familiar, then cease ! And like a bell with solemn sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease ; And... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 436 pages
...warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift atrain Its hand against its brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Look now for one moment at a high and peculiar interest of the nation, the administration of justice.... | |
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...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts : The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation, that should lift again...; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But... | |
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...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals nor forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred ! And every nation that should lift again...against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for ever more the curse of Cain! Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow... | |
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