The Great Tradition: A Book of Selections from English and American Prose and Poetry, Illustrating the National Ideals of Freedom, Faith, and ConductEdwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford |
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... mortal bodies . It was the Grail that cheered the little company of exiles in the cabin of the Mayflower and enabled them to write that first compact of free government in America . It was the courage in the heart of Washington , and ...
... mortal bodies . It was the Grail that cheered the little company of exiles in the cabin of the Mayflower and enabled them to write that first compact of free government in America . It was the courage in the heart of Washington , and ...
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... mortal touch Throw death upon thy sovereign's enemies . Mock not my senseless conjuration , lords : This earth shall have a feeling and these stones Prove armed soldiers , ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms ...
... mortal touch Throw death upon thy sovereign's enemies . Mock not my senseless conjuration , lords : This earth shall have a feeling and these stones Prove armed soldiers , ere her native king Shall falter under foul rebellion's arms ...
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... mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore , And the firm soil win of the watery main , Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state , Or ...
... mortal rage ; When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore , And the firm soil win of the watery main , Increasing store with loss and loss with store ; When I have seen such interchange of state , Or ...
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... mortal moon hath her eclipse endured And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assured And peace proclaims olives of endless age . Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh , and ...
... mortal moon hath her eclipse endured And the sad augurs mock their own presage ; Incertainties now crown themselves assured And peace proclaims olives of endless age . Now with the drops of this most balmy time My love looks fresh , and ...
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... mortal men , we may add to that which hath been already said , that the kings and princes of the world have al- ways laid before them the actions , but not the ends , of those great ones which pre- ceded them . They are always ...
... mortal men , we may add to that which hath been already said , that the kings and princes of the world have al- ways laid before them the actions , but not the ends , of those great ones which pre- ceded them . They are always ...
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Page 368 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While throng'd the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips — »The foe! They come! they come!« And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering...
Page 103 - And moan the expense of many a vanish'd sight : Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Page 385 - Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened: — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul: While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life...
Page 420 - To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night; To defy Power, which seems omnipotent; To love, and bear; to hope till Hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates; Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent; This, like thy glory, Titan, is to be Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free; This is alone Life, Joy, Empire, and Victory.
Page 126 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 543 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be, in any particular, wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment, in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for, though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. The precedent must always greatly overbalance, in permanent evil, any partial or transient benefit, which the use can...
Page 540 - For this you have every inducement of sympathy and interest. Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 387 - Upon the growing Boy, But He beholds the light, and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy; The Youth, who daily farther from the east Must travel, still is Nature's Priest, And by the vision splendid Is on his way attended ; At length the Man perceives it die away, And fade into the light of common day.
Page 540 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of Government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main, pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very Liberty, which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee, that, from...
Page 408 - The sky is changed! - and such a change! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!