 | 1893 - 704 páginas
...How the belfries rock and reell How the great guns, peal on peal, Fling the joy from town to town I " Did we dare, In our agony of prayer, Ask for more...done? When was ever His right hand Over any time or laud Stretched as now beneath the sun? " Ring and swing, Bells of joy! On morning's wing Send the song... | |
 | 1877 - 602 páginas
...blotted out from her escutcheon for ever. Well might Whittier, the poet of the slave, exclaim : — Did we dare. In our agony of prayer, Ask for more than He has done? When was ever God's ri^ht hand, Over any time or land, Stretched as now beneath the sun? In a tone of fervid eloquence... | |
 | 1909 - 104 páginas
...spoken; He has smitten with his thunder The iron walls asunder, And the gates of brass are broken! Did we dare, In our agony of prayer, Ask for more than He has don:'V When was ever his right hand, Over any time or land, Stretched as now, beneath the sun? It is... | |
 | 1874 - 728 páginas
...history of their country ; and now, if ever, should that acknowledgment be made. When was ever God's right hand, Over any time or land, Stretched as now beneath the sun ? He whose untimely martyrdom the world deplores was not ashamed in his official documents to declare... | |
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How they pale, Ancient myth and song and tale, In this wonder of our days, When the cruel rod of war Blossoms white with righteous law, And the wrath of man is praise... 
