 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...inward voice, l Our hearts are thankful, and our souls rejoice ! H. SELECTED POETRY. WAR AND PEACE. Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the weal h bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And j arrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...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... | |
 | Gems - 1850 - 204 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...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... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 428 pages
...this Psalm of Peace may happily relieve the detail of statistics, while they blend with my argument. Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestowed on camp and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts.... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1850 - 436 pages
...bestowed on camp and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...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... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - Readers - 1851 - 396 pages
...attractive of any in the poem, but which commend themselves by their intrinsic truth and moral force : " Were half the power that fills the world with terror,...human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals and forts. The warrior's name would be a name abhorred! And every nation that should lift again Its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...instruments as these, Thou drownest Nature's sweet and kindly voices, And jarrest the celestial harmonies ? Were half the power, that fills the world with terror,...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1852 - 588 pages
...celestial harmonies 1 Were half the power, that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth, bestow'd on camps and courts, Given to redeem the 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... | |
 | Eli Bowen - Maps - 1852 - 456 pages
...$228,977. Were half the power that fills the world with terrorWere half the wealth bestowed on rum and courts — Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of poor-homes and. forts! Upon emerging from the bridge, we enter the borough of West Philadelphia, with... | |
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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! 
